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MAN: 
Body, Mind, and Soul. 

Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 




By S. O. Osborn, 

Author of " Salvation by Contract," "Analysis of the Retail Trade," 

"Ready Per Cent and Piice Marker," and "Man: Body, 

Mind, and Soul. Satan, Hell, and Heaven." 



MAN : 

BODY, MIND, AND SOUL. 
Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 



By S. O. OSBORN, 

Author of "Salvation by Contract," "Analysis of the Retail Trade," 

"Ready Per Cent and Price Marker," and "Man: Body, Mind, 

and Soul, Satan, Hell, and Heaven." 



PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR 

NOT SECTARIAN. 



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PREFACE 



The first object of this book is to present, in a few pages 
of most interesting reading, a broader, wider, more extended, 
more satisfactory, and more beneficial knowledge of what the 
Holy Bible says and teaches on the special and all-important 
subjects treated, than will have been obtained otherwise in many 
years — more Biblical and satisfactory information on the sub- 
jects than is obtained by most people in their whole lifetime. 
To offer to the public information on the following and kindred 
subjects, that to obtain from other sources would require years 
and years of research, of reading, of time, and of hard mental 
labor. 

All the subjects (see index) are intensely interesting and 
instructive. Man: Body, Mind, and Soul; Satan, Hell, and 
Heaven — actual knowledge of what the Scriptures say and teach 
on these subjects will drive away vague, uncertain, indefinite, 
and unsatisfactory notions and ideas, and make the reader better, 
happier, and wiser. 

The reading of the Bible, as conducted by nine hundred and 
ninety-nine persons out of one thousand, leaves the readers with- 
out clear and definite ideas on questions and subjects that are 
of the greatest possible importance to everybody. Not more 
than one person out of a thousand obtains in a whole lifetime 
dear, definite, and satisfactory ideas and knowledge of man's 



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4 Preface. 

soul, of God, of Christ, of angels, of the Holy Ghost, of repentance 
of conversion, of death, of the resurrection of the dead, Thl2 
of the day of judgment, of paradise, of oeing torn again 172 
coming of Christ, of Satan, and of Hades-of Hell 

To obtain the information and definite knowledge con- 

a.ned „ th ls book on the above Biblical subjects has required 

the readmg and connecting of Biblical teaching principles and 

com mandmentS; from the fim Qf Genesis to ^P ^ Pjes^and 

lation, more than forty times; and the reader will find the New 
Testament doctrines on all the above subjects clearly stated 
and m harmony with the understanding of advanced Protestant 
-Biblical scholars. 

In view and reasonable consideration of the almost universal 
behef that man s soul will exist and live on and on for thousands 
of mdhons of years after the end of this short life, no one can 
intelhgently allow any sort of labor, or work, or business, or 
poverty, or wealth, to keep him, or her, from searching for the 
sacred truth; and this book is designed to be the shortest and 
quickest way to the most desirable information, and to save its 
readers years of uncertainty on many Biblical questions that are 
generally considered of the greatest possible importance to all 
mankind. 

The Second OsjECT.-The second object of the writer of 
this book ,s to encourage young men and young women to higher 
and nobler lives. Being himself the loving father of several young 
people, the composing and writing of this part of the book has 
been of great parental interest to the author-being influenced 
by deep love for his own. 

_ Having extensive knowledge of modern conditions of life 
in cities and country, and of frauds and deceivers, and their en- 
ticmg snares, traps, and pitfalls, that are causing the moral degra- 
dation and utter ruin of thousands of young men and young 



Preface. 5 

women every week, the author has faithfully warned the young 
against many dangers, and encouraged them to pure and noble lives. 
While it is hoped that every article in this book will have 
a tendency to make the reader both wiser and better, I refer to 
four articles and their subdivision as of special value to young 
men and young women. These are entitled: "The Standard or 
Measure of Right," "How to Merit and Command Highest Re- 
spect,'' "Evil Thoughts," and "How to be Somebody." These 
articles are designed to be instructive, moral guides, encouraging 
the use of the highest moral standard as the only correct measure 
of honor, virtue, and morality, and the sure way to success; and 
discouraging the reader from evil, and encouraging to do good; 
wherefore, it is hoped that the reading will be interesting, in- 
structive, and beneficial to all who read, of whatever age. 

The Author, S. O. OSBORN. 



INDEX 



PAGE. 

MAN, 9 

NEITHER MONKEY NOR APE, 10 

HOW LONG HAS MAN BEEN ON THE EARTH? n 

THE HUMAN HEART, I 13 

HOW THE HEART RESTS, 13 

HOW THE LUNGS REST, 14 

THE BRAIN OF MAN, 14 

BRAIN-WEIGHT, 15 

INSANITY OP MAN, 15 

WHAT THE SOUL IS, 16 

SOUL, SPIRIT, MIND, 18 

RECOGNITION AND GROWTH OF SOUL, 20 

AN INFANT SOUL, 22 

INHERITED CHARACTER OF SOUL, 22 

CHARACTER OF INCREASE OF SOUL, 23 

DAMAGING CONSEQUENCES OF EVIL GROWTH OF SOUL, .... 24 

SLEEP— NATURE OF, ETC., 24 

CAUSE OF SLEEP, 25 

HOW LONG TO SLEEP, 25 

DREAMS— CAUSE OF, ETC., 26 

EVERY-DAY EVIDENCES AND PROOF OF THE EXISTENCE OF GOD, 28 

GOD'S ORGANIZED GOVERNMENT, 29 

GOD'S LAW COMPARED WITH MAN'S, 30 

ALL LINKED TOGETHER BY A CHAIN OF LINKS OF GOD'S WORDS, 31 

WHY GOD DOES NOT CONVERT THE SINNER, 32 

HEAVEN AND THE CITIZENS, 33 

DEGREES OF GLORY, 36 

SHALL WE KNOW EACH OTHER? 37 

NO SEX IN HEAVEN, 38 

HOW LARGE IS HEAVEN? 39 

THE SOUL'S RECOGNITION OF ITSELF, OR SELF-IDENTITY, ... 40 

HELL AND THE CITIZENS, 42 

SATAN AND HIS AGENTS, 45 

CONVERSION— WHAT IT IS, 50 

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Index. 



PAGE. 

MAN'S FREE WILL, 52 

REPENTANCE, 53 

"EXCEPT A MAN BE BORN AGAIN," 54 

THE STANDARD OR MEASURE OF RIGHT, 5 8 

WHY SO MUCH WRONG, 5 8 

CONSCIENCE AS A GUIDE, 60 

TWOFOLD PUNISHMENT, 61 

DAY OF JUDGMENT AND RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD, .... 63 

THE GENERAL RESURRECTION, 65 

DEATH OF THE BODY, 67 

LOVE— WHAT IT IS, ETC., 69 

HOW TO MERIT AND COMMAND THE HIGHEST RESPECT, ETC., . 72 

HANDS OFF, 75 

EVIL THOUGHTS, 78 

ANGELS— WHAT THEY ARE, ETC., 80 

EFFECT OF TIME ON BELIEF IN HISTORIC EVENTS, 82 

HOW TO BE SOMEBODY OF IMPORTANCE, 84 

MORAL CULTURE AND SELF-RESPECT, 86 

BAD COMPANY, 87 

NOVELS AND FICTION, 87 

VALUE OF TIME, 88 

THE SATANIC TYRANT, PRIDE, 88 

JUDGE EVERYBODY, 89 

BE NOT DECEIVED BY FORMAL POLITENESS, 91 

MANLY REFORM, 91 

ONLY FIVE CENTS A DAY, 92 

SALVATION BY CONTRACT, 92 

THE CONTRACT, 93 

A VIOLATED CONTRACT, 95 

THE HOLY GHOST, 95 

PARADISE, 96 

HOW GOD ANSWERS PRAYER, 97 

THE GLORIOUS REUNION UP THERE, 99 

WHO WILL BE THERE, 101 

SLEEP OF PLANTS PROCLAIMS WISDOM OF THE CREATOR, .... 102 

PERSONALITY OF GOD, CHRIST, AND HOLY GHOST, 103 

THE TRINITY, 104 

IS THE SOUL BURIED WITH THE BODY IN THE GRAVE? 105 

SWEET, SWEET HOME, THE NURSERY OF HUMANITY, 106 

THE UNHAPPY HOME, 108 

HOW TO MAKE THE HOME BETTER, in 

RAPID DISAPPEARANCE OF OUR SWEET HOMES, 112 

SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF THE HOME, 113 




MAN: BODY, MIND, AND SOUL. 

SATAN, HELL, AND HEAVEN. 



Man. 

Man — one of the human race, or of mankind; a human 
being. In this sense it is of both genders, including the whole 
human race. 

"How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, 
How complicate, how wonderful is man !" 

— Young. 

"Know, then, thyself, presume not God to scan; 
The proper study of mankind is man." 

— Pop£. 

Zoologically considered, man is a vertebrate animal, of the 
division of the mammalia and order of primates. Mammalas, 
from Latin, mammalis, pertaining to or having breasts. Verte- 
brate, from vertebra, a joint in the backbone or spine. Primates, 
first and highest order of mammals. 

Man belongs to the highest class of the vertebrate branch 
of the animal kingdom, and is specially superior to all other 
groups. His class includes vertebrates with a heart of four cham- 
bers, warm blood, the lower jaw composed of two branches articu- 
lated directly with the skull, and the body covered wholly or 
partly with hair. Man not only is the highest family in the animal 
kingdom, but is the only species of his kind. 

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io Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

Neither Monkey Nor Ape. 

As to the anatomy of man, distinguishing him from all others 
of his order in the animal kingdom, his feet differ materially from 
those of any ape or monkey, in the horizontal sole which rests 
flatly on the ground, in the projecting heel, in the big toe which 
lies parallel to the smaller; in his face, which is more vertical, 
lying below instead of in front of the forepart of the brain-case; 
in the nose-bones, which project more beyond the upper jaw; 
in the jaws, which are relatively smaller; and in the chin, which 
is more prominent; in the more uniform length and size of his 
teeth; and in the greater length of the lower limbs as compared 
with the upper, the reverse being true of apes and monkeys; and 
in the erect, commanding posture, and the freedom of his hands 
from any part in walking. 

Another characteristic difference between man and any 
monkey or ape is the brain weight. The average brain of the 
adult man is more than twice as heavy as that of the nearest 
monkey approach to man. The brain of man is larger and heavier 
than that of an ox, cow, or horse; heavier than the brain of any 
animal except the elephant and large whales. 

But aside from and far more consequential than all these 
physical differences that mark man as being a creation entirely 
different from all other animals, is his immaterial, intellectual 
soul or spirit, constituting him a thinking, reasoning, free-will, 
spiritual being. 

"Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the 
spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?" 

It is this immaterial, intellectual, spiritual power of man, 
directed by the mere will of a marvelous spirit being, and oper- 
ating through superior brain facilities, that makes man the master 
and ruler of the world. 

The majority of Pagan myths of the creation regard man as 
the creature of God. There are also traditions in some of the 
heathen religions that man is a descendant of the ape. But much 
more wisely and greatly to the credit of Paganism, the number 
of traditions is greater which represent the ape as a degenerated 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. ii 

descendant of man. The traditions of the civilized nations of 
antiquity almost unanimously agree that man is the creature 
of God. 

Some physical resemblance between man and the ape — 
resemblance of structure — is recognized by all naturalists. All, 
too, recognize the infinite superiority of man. 

Finally, the author is willing to stake and risk his present 
and future reputation as a prophet on the following prediction, to 
wit. : That the time will not have come before the great, and to 
some awful, judgment-day, when all the Darwins and Company 
of England, aided by the Tom Paines and Ingersolls of America, 
will have elevated either the monkey or ape in the minds of Chris- 
tian people up to the high distinction and honor of being the 
progenitors and forefathers of man; nor have degraded man way, 
way down to the level with the soulless beast of the forest; nor 
have robbed God of the authorship of creation; for if he did not 
create man, body and soul, why, then, shall we believe that God 
created the world f 

Both the creation of the world and the creation of man are 
affirmed by the same authority — the Bible. The authority is as 
good in the one case as in the other. And, too, the same good 
authority declares that the infidel is a fool! 

Now, in conclusion of this subject, we believe that the so- 
called naturalist, and the scientist, and any other fellow who, by 
denying, directly or indirectly, the Biblical account of the origin 
of man, thus attempting the robbery of the Lord God, is as great 
a sinner as either an Ingersoll or a Tom Paine ! 

How Long has Man Been on the Earth? 

It is not possible for man to know how long he has been 
created. He may continue to conjecture. The ancient Egyp- 
tians were of the opinon that man had then inhabited the earth 
about twenty-five thousand years. In Christian communities the 
chronology of the Old Testament was differently figured, with 
various results. The estimate made by Archbishop Usher, that 
the creation of man took place 4004 B. C, was quite generally 
accepted. 



12 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

But there have been discovered, still standing, temples in 
Egypt whose foundations are believed to have been laid much 
longer than 4004 years B. C. Aside from masonry, there are 
geological evidences that make it almost certain that man lived 
in Western Europe several thousand years prior to Archbishop 
Usher's 4004 B. C. Hence it is now generally admitted that 
Usher's estimate is quite wrong. 

While geologists have unearthed buried and hidden evidences 
of man's early existence, in the rudely constructed implements of 
stone found in the sand and gravels of rivers of England, France, 
and Spain, associated in original deposits with the bones of such 
tropical animals as the hippopotamus, the African elephant, and 
the hyena, which belonged to the preglacial fauna of those local- 
ities, yet they are unable to agree as to time, and really ignorant 
of the age of these ancient works of man. Some geologists put 
the age of the oldest strata containing remains of the industry 
of man as far back as 250,000 years, while others, equally good 
authority, do not put them at an age greater than 25,000 years. 

If scarcely five out of a hundred geologists can agree, how 
can we suppose that any of them really know? 

But should geology or science prove that the world has been 
in existence a million years, it will not affect the validity of the 
Bible account of the creation of the world and man, as, while the 
Bible tells us that God was six days creating the world, etc., yet 
it does not tell how long a period one day was at that long, long- 
ago time. One of those days may have been as long as a thou- 
sand or ten thousand years now. And as to chronology and the 
age of man, supposing that a day at that time to have been a pe- 
riod of several thousand years, the world may have been created 
many thousand years before man. 

The account in Genesis does not enable us to understand 
how long a period one of the days was, and we have no good 
reason to suppose that it was only twenty-four hours. 

As to the world itself, it may have taken, at that time, as long 
as several thousand of our years to turn once on its axis. We can 
not compute time at that period by the methods of the twentieth 
century. 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 13 

The Human Heart. 

The human heart is a double pump, about the size of the 
closed fist of its owner. It has four compartments, or rooms — 
two upper and two lower, as a two-story house. The blood-ves- 
sels that carry the blood away from the heart are called arteries. 
Those smaller vessels that gather up the blood and lead it back 
to the heart are the veins. The very small vessels that carry the 
blood over from the last and smaller divisions of the arteries to 
the first divisions of the veins are the extremely small vessels 
called capillaries. 

Could a person remove the parts that hide the heart from 
view, and see it pumping the blood-stream along, he would be 
greatly astonished at the force and rapidity of its work. It forces 
the blood against a pressure which, for the left ventricle, amounts 
to a column of blood six or eight feet in height. Each portion of 
the heart handles about six ounces of blood at each stroke, and 
repeats strokes about seventy-two times per minute, day and 
night. This is said to be equal, in labor, to that of a man of 
average weight climbing a mountain three thousand feet high 
every twenty-four hours. 

How the Heart Rests. 

Both the heart and the lungs obtain rest between periods 
of activity. But have distinct periods of suspension of motion. 
Thus, after the contraction and dilation of the auricles and ven- 
tricles of the heart, there is an interval during which the heart 
is entirely at rest. This rest amounts to one-quarter of the time 
necessary to make one pulsation and begin another, which equals 
one-quarter of all time. Because of this rest between pulsations, 
the heart rests fifteen minutes out of every hour. 

The pulsations of the heart during sleep are from ten to 
twenty times fewer per minute. 

The word heart, as used in the Scriptures, thus: "My son, 
give me thine heart," and "Blessed are the pure in heart," never 
refers to this material heart, but to the immaterial soul — to the 



14 Max : Body, Mind, and Soul. 

intellect, affections, and will of man. Compared with these, the 
heart, even to its owner, is of the least possible consequence. 

How the Lungs Rest. 

If we divide the respiratory action into three equal parts, 
one will be occupied in inspiration (filling the lungs), one in ex- 
piration (emptying the lungs), and the third by a period of quiet 
and rest. Thus, during one-third of the time, the muscles of 
respiration and the lungs are at rest. 

The Brain of Man. 

Brain is the term applied to the contents of the cranium, or 
skull, of vertebrates. It is the center of the nervous system of 
man. Brain is a collective word, embracing those parts of the 
nervous system of man contained as stated above. Invertebrate 
animals (animals without a backbone) have, near the head end 
of their bodies, the nervous ganglia — a collection of nerve-cells — 
which seem to be, in some measure, homologous to a true brain. 

The human skull, covered with hair to make it handsome, 
is, the author believes, the earthly home and workhouse and tele- 
graph office of the immortal soul. The brain is the instrument 
and office-equipments, the soul the superintendent, operator, and 
the commander-in-chief. 

The brain is as fully subject and under command of the soul 
as members of the body. Order your right hand up to the top 
of your head, and the order is visibly obeyed, obedience being 
effected by the power of the will of the soul over the brain and 
nerves extending from the brain to the hand. Thus the brain, 
nerves, arm, and hand all yield obedience, through the brain, to 
the will of the commander-in-chief. 

It is believed that, in health, some part of the brain acts at 
all times in accord and harmony with the reason, thoughts, and 
the will of the soul in mental operations and work designed to 
accomplish any desired purpose. Every part of the brain and 
the limbs of the body instinctively execute the will of the soul. 
While the subjection of the brain to the will of the soul is as 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 15 

real as that of the arm or hand, yet, owing to the concealed po- 
sition of the brain, its subjection to the will of the soul can not 
be seen and observed by the eye as that of the hand. 

Thus, during the soul's temporary stay on earth, the brain 
is its immediate and most efficient servant, always ready, when 
not asleep, to aid the soul in mental work and in communicating 
its thoughts, sentiments, and desires to whomsoever may be con- 
cerned. 

While the soul is entirely conscious of its individual, spiritual 
personality, yet it is, somehow, imprisoned in the brain during 
this short life, to increase in knowledge and love of God and 
man, to do good, and to prepare for everlasting eternity. 

The brain is directly and instantly influenced by the mental 
(this means spiritual) acts of man, and, through the brain, the 
mutual relations of body and soul are effected. 

The brain is the instrument of the soul in mental work and 
in directing all the members of the body to move and act in 
harmony with the character and will of the soul, which is ac- 
complished, except in the case where the brain becomes dis- 
eased and deranged. 

Brain-weight. 

As an index of mental capacity, brain-weight can not be 
relied upon, though heavy brain-weight usually accompanies high 
intellectual powers; but numerous cases of high brain-weights are 
found where there is no evidence of more than ordinary intel- 
lectual ability. And there are many heavy brains among the 
insane. 

Some men of large mental capacity have possessed brains 
of less than average weight. 

Insanity. 

When, by overwork or misuse, the brain becomes seriously 
diseased, it will miscarry orders directed to the tongue and other 
members of the body, and fail to obtain right execution of the 
will and commands of the soul. When an individual's brain be- 



*6 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

comes thus seriously diseased, he is said to be crazy, or insane 
The bram 1S , as ,t were, the middle-man through whom the soui 
communicates its desires to the world, to th! spinTof o he 
men; and when this source of communication is cut off or de- 
ranged, there can be no communication, and the soul itself may 
become unconscious until the health of the brain be restored 

theTot "^ ^ imPriS ° ned C ° nditi0n b> ' the dca * * 

There will be no unconscious, no insane, no crazy souls in 

heaven-no, nor m perdition. Insanity is of flesh and blood- 

wf °u ^ eaSed COnditi ° n ° f the brain > not of the soul. 
' fl- u, a * he r brain di «> the soul will be released, and take its 

e£d bri" 6 ^ f ° reVer fr ° m ^ *?«** «* of a dis- 
O how great hope and comfort these thoughts of release 
rom the thralldom, the bondage, of a diseased braFn hou d bnn g 
to the relatives and friends of insane persons! 

What the Soul Is. 

*, WHA , T , 1 the S ° Ul ° f man that k is worth m ^e to its owner 
than would be the whole world? 

We read in Genesis that "The Lord God formed man of the 
dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of 
me; and man became a living soul." 

The soul of man being of so great value, as is clearly taught 
by our Savior m the following question, surely its identity loca- 
tion and nature should be most thoroughly established to the 
satisfaction of every intelligent being having a soul. Christ says 
For what is a man profited if he shall gain the whole world 

teach^^stT Tf I (Matt -^ 26 -) This question clearly 
teaches . First, that the human being to a soul now; second that 
•t is his own; third, that it is of great importance and value to it 

sSkJrsv? i! may be iost He says - ,<Fear ** *e- 

which km the body, but are not able to kill the soul." Here too 
«s proof, m Christ's own words, that the soul is not man's body 
nor his breath, nor his physical life. "Fear not them which km 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 17 

the body, but are not able [have not power] to kill the soul." 
Here, in Christ's words, the soul is mentioned as a thing en- 
tirely different from and capable of living without the body. 

As the murderer can kill the body of flesh and blood is proof 
sufficient that Christ does not refer to the breath and life of 
the material man when he says, "But are not able to kill the 
soul," 

In death every material, physical, tangible part of man dies. 
No trace of life remains in any part. The body and all its parts 
lie dormant, inanimate, lifeless — dead — and yet the entire mate- 
rial structure, every physical part of man, from the crown of his 
head to the soles of his feet, may still remain physically unchanged, 
entire, and as perfect as in life. No part of the material body has 
gone. Dissection shows that the head is still sound, and the 
brain and heart whole and physically unchanged. Doubtless the 
soul has departed. What was it? Evidently it was no material 
part of man. Christian people in general believe that when 
death comes to the human body, the immaterial, immortal soul 
departs. Christ said to the penitent thief on the cross, "This 
day shalt thou be with me in paradise." 

We read, "God said, Let us make man in our image, after 
our likeness." (Gen. i, 26.) 

As God is a Spirit (see St. John iv, 24), man, as formed out 
of the dust of the ground, or of flesh and blood, is entirely 
unlike God. So, therefore, God's words, "In our image and 
after our likeness," can not have reference to man's body, but to 
his soul — an immaterial spirit transmitted from God to man, 
wherein is the "likeness" and the relationship — sons and daugh- 
ters of God. (See Gal. iv, 5-7; 2 Cor. vi, 17, 18.) 

Man was to be, and is, a spirit, as God is a Spirit; was to 
be highly intelligent, as God is intelligent; was to be eternal, as 
God is eternal; was to be good, as God is good. 

Man would need a temporary home on earth and a servant 
to do his will. So God planned and formed out of the dust of 
the ground a combined, self-portable house and servant, and 
called it man. The needful house, servant, and home for the 
"image" and "likeness" of God being first prepared, God then 



18 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

breathed into his nostrils the breath of life (or lives), and man 
became a living soul. It is said that the word life in Genesis ii, 7, 
ought to be rendered lives. 

Surely man's immortal soul was not "formed of the dust 
of the ground," as was his body. 

The soul's origin, most likely, was the Divine breath — an 
immaterial, immortal, spirit-intelligence and self-conscious per- 
sonality. 

The words "breath of life," it is said, more properly trans- 
lated, would read "breath of lives" which, we suppose, means 
both animal and intellectual (or spiritual) life — the life of the 
material man and of the spiritual man. Both these lives exist 
in the living man. 

The soul is that vital, active principle in man which sees, 
hears, perceives, remembers, reasons, loves, hopes, fears, compares, 
desires, resolves, adores, imagines, and aspires. 

The word "soul," as used in the Scriptures, does not, in 
every instance, refer to the spirit aside from the body, but some- 
times refers to the whole man. 

Soul, Spirit, Mind. 

These three words are usually used synonymously. A man's 
spirit is his soul, as also is his mind. A critic could suggest some 
technicalities, but for practical purposes the three words may be 
considered synonymous. The word "soul," however, is the name 
commonly applied to a spirit that is, or has been, connected with 
a human body or material organization. But the word "spirit" 
may be applied to a spiritual being that has never been connected 
with a human body or material organization. An angel is a spirit. 
The soul of man is a spirit from God himself, and imperishable. 
It is a unit distinct from the body, over which death has no power. 

The word mind, however, when not used as synonymous, 
may be used to refer specially to the intellectual, thinking, and 
reasoning faculty or power of the soul or spirit. 

The spirit is the essential, immaterial self. The soul is the 
spirit when in the body; in other words, the spirit is called soul 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 19 

while it is incarnated in the human body or head. The mind is 
synonymous with soul, except we usually have in thought the 
soul in relation to the physical brain. Thus mind is soul, embrac- 
ing its perceptive and reasoning powers. Reason is of the soul — 
belongs to the soul. Brain is matter which possesses no power 
to reason. Matter produces matter, not reason. The soul being 
immaterial, produces that which is immaterial. Reason is im- 
material. Here is a difference between man and brute. Man's 
soul reasons. The brute does not. Man is governed by reason; 
the brute, by instinct. Instinct incites the brute to action — to 
move, to go and come, without any thought of improving its ways. 

The physical body — the material man — was made for the 
infinitely more important part, for the soul, and not the soul for 
the body. The proper relative positions of the soul and body are 
as principal and servant. 

The head of man is the earthly home of the soul. The brain 
is not only the center of the nervous system, but also of spiritual 
and intellectual life through the soul. 

It is never proper to speak of the mind or spirit as being 
tired or weary. The mind never gets tired, never weary. A spirit 
that is to live forever would not get tired in the first century. 
It is the brain that gets tired, fatigued, and "gives out." The 
mind is vigorous and active until we become unconscious in sleep. 

The nerves extend to and from the brain to all parts of the 
body, forming a most perfect and marvelous system of telegraphy, 
communicating as by a million wires with every hair's-breadth of 
the entire body of man. 

As there is no intellectual intelligence in matter, we believe, 
with others, that the human brain is the home and business office 
of the soul, and the nerves the sort of electrical wires by means 
of which the soul, by the mere power of its will, communicates 
with the world, and directs the body and all its parts. 

If, as theology teaches and enlightened Christians believe, 
the soul, after it has left its temporary home in the head and 
brain, is still an unimpaired spirit — intelligent, thinking, remem- 
bering, loving, reflecting, reasoning, etc. — surely then it pos- 
sessed all these desirable faculties while in the brain of man. 






20 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

All our intelligence, sight, and hearing belong to the soul. 
The eye sees nothing; neither does the ear hear. These are only 
mechanical mechanisms, through which the soul sees and hears. 

Recognition and Growth of Soul. 

Owing to our constant custom of seeing, examining, lift- 
ing, weighing, and measuring all things with which we have to 
do, or that come under our consideration, it is very difficult, even 
impossible, without reflection, to conceive of and comprehend the 
existence of anything entirely without a material body. 

We are taught that God is a Spirit; that angels are spirits, 
that the souls of men are spirits; and that all spirits are imma- 
terial, having no material organism, no physical existence. 

The word "immaterial" refers to anything that exists without 
physical substance or matter, such as can not be seen, felt, weighed, 
and measured, as can material things. 

It is, of course, easy to comprehend the existence of any- 
thing that we can see, feel, weigh, and measure; but to satisfac- 
torily comprehend the actual, real existence of anything that is 
entirely immaterial, requires mental training, thought, and deep, 
mature meditation. 

Theological scholars speak and write of the soul of man as 
existing, as being. Angels are described as celestial beings with- 
out material bodies. Now, in what sense or manner can we com- 
prehend actual, real existence and life where nothing exists? We 
say that God is a Spirit. The little verb "is" implies — yea, as- 
serts — the existence of something. 

Our souls are immaterial spirits, and yet exist as really as 
though made of iron. Let your soul follow mine in this reason- 
ing, and it may not only better comprehend the nature of spirits, 
but be convinced that they, though composed of nothing mate- 
rial, yet are as real as though made of steel. 

A spirit is an immaterial, self-conscious intelligence, a spir- 
itual being, a self-identified personality, existing in spirit (not ma- 
terial), growing spiritually, and increasing in knowledge and power 
for good or for evil. 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 21 

All life, both material, organic, and spiritual, has its origin 
in infancy. Everything produces after its own kind, brings forth 
its like or successor in infancy, whether it be vegetable or animal. 
Thus the big, majestic oak of the forest scatters the seed in which 
the infant oak has its origin, and continues to grow in size, 
strength, and weight, adding oak, not hickory, to the infant oak, 
until it, too, becomes one of the mighty oaks of the forest. 

As of the oak, so of the material, organic man. He, too, 
is born in infancy, and increases in material substance, in vis- 
ible, tangible flesh and bones, until manhood. 

So, too, of the human soul. It is born an infant spirit, and 
grows and increases, not in flesh and bones, but in spirit, in the 
qualities and powers of an immaterial being. 

Thus everything increases and produces of its own kind, the 
infant oak drawing its support and growth from material sub- 
stances in the ground and the atmosphere. The infant man feeds 
on and draws his support from milk, bread, and meat. But the 
mind — the soul of man — being a spirit, feeds on things that are 
not material, as an increase of knowledge acquired by observa- 
tion, instruction, conversation, reading, and meditation. 

Some years ago the reader learned the A-B-C's, then to 
spell small words, then larger words, then to read, to write, and 
to figure in mathematics. Have you forgotten these acquire- 
ments? No. Have you knowledge still in your possession of 
all these things? Yes. Can you show, in material, any of these 
your acquired possessions? No, Have you a pocket-handker- 
chief? Yes. Can you show it in material? Yes. Are you sure, 
then, that you really have knowledge of the studies that you pur- 
sued years ago? Yes. 

You are right. You did acquire knowledge of letters, figures, 
spelling, reading, and writing, all of which still exist spiritually, 
and constitute, as it were, a part of your soul. 

You obtained, and still have possession of knowledge of many 
things. You know that you have such knowledge; but, knowledge 
being immaterial, you can not show it, as a pocket-handkerchief. 
It has become, by acquirement-growth, a part of the store of 
knowledge now belonging to your soul, but, being immaterial, 



22 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

can not be seen nor felt, nor weighed nor measured, nor exhibited, 
as things made of material or matter. 

Love, whether proper or improper, whether moral or im- 
moral, is a part or sentiment of your soul, fitting or unfitting you 
for heaven. Love exists in and emanates from the soul, but can 
no more be found than the soul itself, and yet it exists spiritually 
as really as though it were gold or silver. 

An Infant Soul. 

A new-born infant soul possesses all the faculties of an adult 
soul, including the power of seeing, hearing, perception, remem- 
brance, reason, love, hope, fear, comparison, desire, will, adora- 
tion, imagination, and aspiration — all these in their most unde- 
veloped state. 

The infant soul feeds lightly on observations of the things 
that comprise its new surroundings. Spiritual growth being slow 
but sure, the soul of the child peers out through two so-called 
eyes, which, really, are windows in the wall of its house, to en- 
able it to look out and see what is going on, and what dangers 
may confront it. These little eye-windows see absolutely noth- 
ing; but the imprisoned soul within sees as the reader sees out 
through the window of a house. 

But we were about to say, the soul, peering out through 
these little eye-windows, soon begins to notice the nods and smiles 
of its nurse or mother, and erelong vigorously asserts its per- 
sonality and its twofold nature. 

Selfishness is always present in the infant soul, and usually 
is first to manifest itself. But the mother may notice passion as 
first in undue proportions. When these are manifested, it is time 
to begin to overcome and subdue such evil tendencies, first, by 
examples of kindness; but so soon as the child can talk and un- 
derstand, then by both precept and example. 

Inherited Character of Soul. 

As the little acorn contains the oaken germ, and transmits 
to the infant tree the specific, positive character and nature of the 
future big oak, so every infant soul of man inherits special tenden- 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 23 

cies of character, moral and immoral, honest and dishonest. Spe- 
cially lewd and unchaste tendencies of parental passions are in- 
herited by the child. One child inherits the evil qualities of the 
father, another those of the mother; but such evil tendencies are 
transmitted to both the soul and body of the child; and, unless these 
evil tendencies be overcome and changed by effective early moral, 
reformatory education, will develop controlling character inherited 
from at least one, if not both, parents. 

The oak has but one nature, and transmits that to its de- 
scendants. Every human being has two natures — animal and 
spiritual — and transmits both of these to their descendants. 

Inherited evil influences and tendencies from bad parents 
can not be eradicated, but may be largely overcome by increased 
moral growth of soul, obtained by a timely, ceaseless supply of 
moral and reformatory spiritual food, both as precept and example, 
during youth. 

But the timely supply of moral and reformatory food is very 
seldom, almost never, furnished by immoral parents. In such 
homes evil conversation and example outweigh and overcome 
all better influences, and the soul-growth and development is 
largely evil. 

Character of Increase of Soul. 

The character of the increase or development of soul will 
correspond, in some measure, with that of the influences on which 
it is fed. By this I mean that the character of the increased 
growth of the soul will correspond with the character of the 
mental food, whether it be moral, immoral, or merely intellectual. 
Intellectual growth may be large, without any moral growth. 

The quality of increase of soul will always be affected for 
good or evil in some measure by the nature and quality of the 
soul to which new growth is being added, it being difficult to 
build a pure, moral soul on an immoral, dishonest, or unchaste 
foundation. 

Education, learning, arts, and sciences, purely, do not reform 
men, nor make them in any way better morally. 



24 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 



Damaging Consequences of Evil Growth of Soul. 

While evil hereditary tendencies are a vast disadvantage to 
any soul, yet no less difficult to overcome, and more damaging in 
its results, is the early growth and development of soul fed on the 
unchaste, immoral, and adulterous jests about serious things, talk- 
ing or speaking lightly or jocularly of things about which no 
sensible, decent person would even smile, unclean and immoral 
remarks, jokes, anecdotes, and adulterous examples of a sinful par- 
ent, whether by father or mother. These establish the bad tend- 
encies and bad character of the young souls, and bring blighting 
curses upon souls yet unborn, so far-reaching and disastrous that 
all the evil, damning consequences will not be stopped before 
the great and final day of judgment at the end of the present dis- 
pensation. 

When parents are degrading their children by sinful words 
and example, they are at the bottom of the ladder of degradation. 

Sleep — Nature of. 

Sleep is rest, the condition of inactivity and repose in which 
the brain and entire nervous system share and recuperate. Sleep 
is the condition of rest and recuperation, during which there is 
more or less complete suspension of consciousness and of the 
power of voluntary action. It is an important normal condition, 
occurring periodically, indicating, specially, repose of the brain 
and nervous system. 

While man is awake, the constant activity of the soul (mean- 
ing the mind) and its mental operations keep the brain and, more 
or less, the whole nervous system active. This causes wear and 
tear of the nervous textures and deposits in them of effete, 
thrown-off, waste products proportionate to the work done. Thus 
a large amount of potential or physical energy is being constantly 
expended, and this, too, more rapidly than it is reproduced. 

Wakefulness is a specific, positive condition, in which energy 
is consumed more rapidly than it is restored. During this period 
of activity a portion of the animal tissues are worn out, and the 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 25 

waste, dead matter accumulates faster than it is carried off out 
of the way. 

Sleep is the opposite condition, the negative of awake, being 
a state of general repose, during which the expenditure of vital 
force and energy is reduced to the smallest amount possible in 
safety to life. The brain is now inactive, consciousness and will- 
power suspended. The movements of the heart, lungs, and of 
other organs that perform either dynamic or secretory functions, 
are each less active during sleep. 

Nutrition and restoration of the nervous tissues go on more 
rapidly than the wear and waste, so that there is an accumu- 
lation of vital force and energy preparatory for waking and the 
next period of activity. 

Cause of Sleep. 

Among the more distant causes of sleep may be mentioned 
the activity of the brain and nervous system, causing wear and 
tear exceeding, during wakeful activity, nerve-nutrition and 
restoration, bringing absolute necessity for a periodical cessation 
of physical activity, to avoid actual destruction of the brain and 
nervous system. 

But for the immediate cause of sleep, we think that is to be 
found in the diminished supply of blood in a fatigued brain. Ac- 
tivity brings increased supply of blood to any organ, and keeps 
up the supply; but after a time fatigue comes, first to one part 
of the brain, and then to another, the blood-supply is diminished, 
and sleep comes, first to one part of the brain, then to another, 
and ought to have its way. 

How Long to Sleep. 

Sleep is a physiological function of a healthy nervous sys- 
tem, and ought to continue, in each individual case, until the 
effete, wornout matter — portions of wornout tissue — is carried off 
by the proper channels (the kidneys being one of these), and all 
wear, waste, and energy restored. When, during sleep, all this 
marvelous work has been accomplished, sleep will have been sue- 



26 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

cessful, and awaking occurs. An unreasonably short period of 
sleep, as four or five hours, is stated by some as sufficient time for 
complete recuperation; but in far more cases seven or eight hours 
are necessary to restore full bodily energy. 

Age, sex, and other considerations, as of temperament, cli- 
mate, habits, etc., have their influence. Thus, in childhood and 
youth, when the processes of bodily growth require specially large 
expenditures of energy, sleep needs be frequent and long-con- 
tinued. 

In adults (persons of full growth), where wear and tear only 
require to be restored, less sleep is required. But again, in old 
age, when repair is more slowly and imperfectly effected, more 
sleep is necessary to maintain health and vigor. 

When a person awakes after sleeping a sufficient number of 
hours, still feeling jaded, worn, and exhausted, there is indica- 
tion of disease and consequent failure of the animal textures to 
successfully do their work of reparation. 

Habitual "late nights" and voluntary or forced loss of sleep 
contracts the habit of too short sleep, which, in time, is sure to 
be followed by nervous inability to sleep, insomnia, nervous 
prostration, loss of beauty of complexion and of flesh, brain ex- 
haustion, and — shall we say? — premature old age and, possibly, 
insanity. 

The average loss of one hour's sleep amounts to a loss of 
forty-five nights' sleep, of eight hours each, in one year, and will 
bring on nervousness, headaches, rheumatism, pale face, gray 
hair, and old age more rapidly than two hours added to each day's 
labor. 

Dreams — Cause of, etc. 

Dreams are usually a series of thoughts, feelings, and mental 
acts of the imagination occurring in sleep. The dreams of which 
we are most conscious occur when sleep is imperfect, and indicate 
that consciousness is still continued. In complete sleep there is 
probably an entire suspension of consciousness; but when sleep 
is imperfect there is some mental activity of which we are more 
or less conscious at the time, and of which we may or may not 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 27 

have remembrance on waking. The will controls the working 
of the intellectual faculties when we are awake. When we are 
asleep it fails to do so, and the perceptive powers are lessened; 
the mind no longer controlled from within, nor corrected from 
without; there is no government over the current of thought, 
and groups of images crowd upon it, rising apparently spontane- 
ously, and are visible for a few seconds, and then disappear. 

In dreams we perform, in our imagination, all the actions of 
active life, experience all sorts of mental emotion, and the rea- 
soning processes are sometimes remarkably clear and complete, 
taking up a series or train of thought on which the mind had 
been previously engaged during the preceding waking hours, 
intellectual efforts have been successfully made during sleep that 
had failed during the waking state. But this is uncommon. 

During imperfect sleep and dreams the cerebral hemispheres 
seem to be partially active, and the uncontrolled freedom of 
thought and imagination indicate deficiency of mental control. 

Most dreams take their character from and are traceable or 
referable to some preceding state of the mind, and are often modi- 
fied by the conditions of the health or some peculiar condition of 
the body and its feeling, or to the influence of other of the ex- 
ternal senses, or to a controlling thought or train of ideas that 
have recently occupied the mind, or to the reading or to events 
of the preceding day, any of which may produce dreams and mold 
their character. 

One of the wonders of the mind in dreaming is its remark- 
able power of rapid imagination. To accomplish in actual deeds, 
and to experience in fact all that the mind imagines in a dream, 
begun and completed in a few seconds, would take months and 
years of time and activity. We go to far, distant lands, make 
new homes, build mansions, make fortunes, buy farms, plant and 
harvest fields, make friends, visit and care for the sick, and bury 
the dead — any or all these things in a dream of a few seconds' 
duration. 

Dreams are not always traceable to the thoughts that have 
recently occupied the mind. Frequently, when the brain is asleep 
and the wonderful mind is released from the controlling power 



28 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

of the will, it proceeds to resurrect old and forgotten memories 
of old-time friends, acquaintances, people, faces, words, occur- 
rences, and things that have not been thought of for years, show- 
ing that the mind is a marvelous spirit being, and that things that 
are supposed to be forgotten are only laid away and preserved 
in the mental storehouse of the spirit, and can be called into 
memory by the unrestrained power of the soul. 

Every-Day Evidences and Proof of the Existence 

of God. 

Everybody is confronted and surrounded by evidences that 
amount to the strongest proof of the Creator, whom we call 
God. The earth is an evidence, the ground on which we walk is 
evidence, the air which we breathe is evidence. Everything that 
we eat and drink is evidence; everything that we wear is evidence; 
every spear of grass is evidence, every tree, bush, and shrub is evi- 
dence. Every leaflet and leaf is evidence. The workmanship 
on every blade of grass and on every leaf is proof. The beautiful 
scalloping and coloring of every leaf is proof. The master work- 
manship, coloring, and remarkable beauty of every flower is 
proof. Birds and the coloring and beauty of their feathers is 
proof. Every living thing is proof. The rains and the rainbow 
are proof. The existence and marvelous mechanism of man him- 
self is proof. The fact that things are not made without a Maker 
is proof. The existence of all these is proof of the existence of 
a marvelous Creator, and, as creation can be accounted for in 
no other way, the Bible is proof. 

The wonderful, marvelous workmanship, superior taste, and 
exquisite beauty of form, shape, decoration, and finish is end- 
less proof that God created the world and all these things. 

God's visible works are all the proof of the existence of the 
Creator that was needed. But while each and all these declare 
the existence of an all-wise and all-powerful Creator, they neither 
name the Creator, nor establish his government and laws. There- 
fore God inspired prophets, and through them gave us the Bible, 
which tells us who made the world and every living thing, and 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 29 

declares God's authority, and establishes his government, laws, 
and penalties, to protect and guide his creatures. 

Man's highest conception of beauty is taken from the match- 
less beauty of God's works. When man wishes to make anything 
fancy, as a piece of dress-goods, wall-paper, or a carpet, he finds 
no pattern so pretty as a sprig, bud, leaflet, leaf, or flower; and 
the prettiest garment or dress ever made for a woman was not 
so pretty as the pluming dress of some birds which God has made 
and dressed. 

And yet, with all this multitude of proof, ask the Satan- 
blinded infidel where the big oak-tree came from, and he says, "The 
acorn." Then ask where the acorn came from, and he answers, 
"The oak." Ask again, Where, then, did the oak come from? and 
the answer is, as before, "The acorn." But where did the acorn 
come from? "O, I told you, the oak." 

And God says, "The fool hath said in his heart, There is 
no God." 

Ask him who knows whence the oak came from, and he will 
cite you to the second chapter of Genesis, where we are told who 
made the first oak. 

God's Organized Government. 

Man perhaps makes no mistake that strikes more boldly at 
the authority of God, none that is more unreasonable, and none 
that is more demoralizing and degrading in its consequences 
than the failure to recognize God's organized government in all 
its departments. 

Every nation has its laws, which command respect and obe- 
dience. No Government could exist without laws; and can any 
sane man suppose that the great Creator of this earth, with all 
its resources, original beauty, and natural wealth, has no entire 
system of government and definite laws to govern the beings he 
has made? And yet, if we may judge men by their conversa- 
tion, their words, and by their deeds, the conclusion will be that 
a large per cent do not recognize God's government. 

Suppose that men were to publicly proclaim that the laws of 
God, though designed to govern the people and protect their 



30 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

property and rights, are not binding, that they restrict the liberties 
of the people, and therefore ought not to be obeyed ! And behold, 
this is what millions of men and women do every day with refer- 
ence to God's laws by their deeds and by words. 

But God has declared his government and laws through his 
prophets, and by Christ and the apostles, which are the standard 
by which the impenitent wicked will be condemned and the peni- 
tent and pardoned justified. 

We have complete and ample evidences of the existence of 
the regularly-organized government of God, designed to regulate 
the spirits and deeds of mankind. 

A general government of a people always implies laws, as 
there can be no government without laws. These we have in the 
Ten Commandments and other Old Testament laws, and in the 
teachings of Christ and the apostles. Then, as there can be no 
law without a penalty, the New Testament provides penalties. 
Penalties imply punishment; the Scriptures declare punishments. 
Punishment implies a place of punishment; the Scriptures de- 
clare hell to be the place. A place of lawful punishment implies 
a judge. The Scriptures declare that Christ the Lord is the 
Judge of all mankind. A judge implies a judgment-day. The 
Scriptures declare that there will be a day of judgment, when all 
mankind will be judged and sentenced. Sentences imply both 
penalties and rewards, or awards. The Scriptures declare that 
heaven is the place where rewards will be paid to the righteous, 
to the souls which have repented, been pardoned, loved God's 
laws, and endured privations for Christ's sake, where back pen- 
sions for hardships in life arising out of the unequal and unjust 
distributions of the good things during life on earth will be paid 
to the pardoned and redeemed of mankind. 

God's Law Compared with Man's. 

Observe the wonderful generosity of God's law, which gives 
man his whole natural human lifetime in which he may repent 
and be pardoned. Compare this with man's law, which punishes 
for every offense, without any specific provision for escape from 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 31 

punishment by repentance and reform. Again, observe, man's 
law punishes a man by confinement at hard, unpaid labor in a 
penitentiary for entire life, as long as he lives, thus taking from 
him every remaining hour of his human life; and to this severity 
men say Amen! 

But God, in marvelous kindness and amazing mercy, allows 
a man to go on and on during a long life in unrestrained disobedi- 
ence and sin, giving him, though an outlaw, all the years of his 
life to repent and reform; but when, after all this amazing, mar- 
velous mercy, the man dies sinful, as he lived, and God consigns 
his impenitent, heartless soul to hell for eternity, wicked, ungodly 
men say that such long punishment is unjust! 

Whosoever thus criticises God's law makes himself judge, 
and sets up in judgment against God. 

To disregard and throw off the restraints imposed by God's 
law is to accept the rule of Satan and sin. It has been tried on a 
large scale. History shows that, at one time, in France, God's 
laws were disregarded, and atheism became the controlling power, 
and that it was then proven to the world that, to throw off the 
restraints which God's laws impose, is to accept government 
under the most wicked and cruel of tyrants. Terrible, awful, were 
the scenes enacted in France when, at one time, God's law was 
trampled under foot, and atheism was the controlling power. 

But, on the other hand, faithful obedience to all God's laws 
would do away with all evil, all sin, all enmity, and establish uni- 
versal honor, friendship, and love, and, withal, make this world 
very, very like heaven itself. 

All Linked Together by a Chain of Links of 
God's Words. 

The Scriptures teach the actual existence of the personal 
devil (Satan), of a located hell and the everlasting punishment of 
the wicked, a located heaven and the everlasting happiness of the 
pardoned and redeemed, the second coming of Christ to judge 
the world, the coming of the day of judgment, the resurrection of 
all the dead to be sentenced, and the destruction of the world. 



32 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

All the above is Bible Scripture, all from the same authority, 
and all equally taught by Christ, and subsequently by his apos- 
tles. To accept one of these teachings and deny another is dis- 
puting and rejecting the authority of Christ and his apostles. 
In other words, to dispute the existence of the personal Satan 
or of hell, or of the coming resurrection, or the coming of the 
day of judgment, is equivalent to disputing Christ, as he has 
declared each and all these things. All these were taught by 
Christ and the apostles, and are proven by a chain of Scripture 
evidence stronger than any chain that can be made of iron or 
steel or brass or silver or gold — by a chain whose links are God's 
words, extending through all the Bible teachings on the subjects. 

Why God Does Not Convert the Sinner. 

As to why God does not convert the wicked, and thereby 
put a stop to their evil works, is a question in the minds of many 
people. 

There are things that God either can not, or will not, do. 
God will not commit sin, will not do wrong, will not violate his 
own laws; and therefore he can not convert the sinner against 
his own will. 

In the creation of man, God bestowed upon him the mag- 
nificent gift of free-will, or freedom of will, of choice; personal 
moral power of choice of conditions, circumstances, and things* 
This power of freedom of will, of choice, as between good and 
evil, is what makes man personally responsible to God, both for 
whatever he does that is morally wrong, and for neglect to do 
what he ought to do. 

This power of choice man possesses as a Divine gift. With- 
out this free-will man would be a mere machine, governed en- 
tirely by a stronger power. But as God has made man, he can 
always, under all circumstances, exercise his freedom of will, and 
choose, except possibly a case of force and violence. 

God never interferes with man's free-will, therefore he can 
not convert the wicked. To convert a sinner it would be neces- 
sary to overcome and overpower his freedom of will, by the force 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 33 

of superhuman power. This would be a violation of God's law. 
God's Holy Spirit may "strive" to induce a sinner to repent, but 
will not use moral influence so strong as to amount to overpower- 
ing force. It is the sacred duty of every human soul to heartily 
appreciate this gift of free-will power, and to use it at all times, 
in harmony with God's laws, to do good, and no evil. 

It was by the wicked, sinful misuse of this power that Adam 
and Eve chose to hearken to the advice of Satan, and disobey 
God, and thereby fell from grace, becoming dishonest and sinful, 
and transmitted their fallen, sinful nature to their children, and 
thereby the great curse of sinfulness fell upon all mankind by 
inheritance. 

Heaven and the Citizens. 

Heaven, to which this article refers, is that portion and place 
in infinite space in which God gives immediate manifestations 
of his power and glory. The eternal home of blessed spirits, 
and of souls of the pardoned and redeemed of mankind. The 
special seat of the glory of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
where angels minister to the Most High, and redeemed souls 
abide in perpetual adoration and glory. 

Take a Concordance and a Bible, and search the Scriptures, 
as others have done, for all that is said about heaven, and you 
will be surprised to find so much about that future abode of the 
redeemed. Heaven is a fundamental doctrine of the Bible, both 
of the Old and the New Testaments. 

The unbiblical idea that heaven is everywhere and nowhere 
is a concoction and a deception of Satan, and is the doctrine 
taught by the infidel — by people who do not believe that there 
is a heaven. To disbelieve in the existence of a located, embodied 
heaven, is to disbelieve in the Bible, as the Scriptures declare the 
existence of heaven as clearly as of God himself. 

D. L. Moody, the evangelist and man of God, said: "I re- 
member, soon after I was converted, an infidel got hold of me, 
and he wanted to know how it was that when I prayed I always 
addressed my prayer as if God was above me. He said that God 
was in one place as much as in another — that God was every- 

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34 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

where. I did not know much about my Bible then, and I must 
confess I was a little confused the next time I went to pray, and 
it seemed as if I was praying to space — just to the air; and it 
seemed as if I had n't any one to pray to. I could not locate God. 
But since I have got better acquainted with my Bible, I find that 
it is right for us, when we approach the throne of mercy, to locate 
God!' Perceive how the devil uses his human agents. This in- 
fidel was one of Satan's agents, and was pretending that he be- 
lieved God to be everywhere. 

The Lord Jesus has taught us to pray, "Our Father which 
art in heaven" — not on earth, nor everywhere, but "which art in 
heaven." When King Solomon dedicated the Temple at Jeru- 
salem to God, he prayed, "Hear Thou in heaven, Thy dwelling- 
place." (i Kings viii, 13.) God says, "Then will I hear in heaven 
and forgive their sin." (2 Chronicles vii, 12.) And Moses prayed, 
"Look down from Thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless 
Thy people in Israel." (Deuteronomy xxvi, 15.) God is a person, 
and must have a dwelling-place. Christ our Savior is a person, 
and has, too, his dwelling-place in heaven, along with the God 
the Father. 

The Bible clearly teaches that heaven is the habitation — the 
dwelling-place, the home — of God the Father, and of Christ the 
Son, and of angels; and that there is rejoicing among the angels 
in heaven when even one sinner repenteth here on earth. 

It is clearly taught in all parts of the Bible that no unclean 
thing can enter into heaven. Jesus Christ said, "If ye die in your 
sins, where I am ye can not come." 

From first to last — from Genesis to Revelations, inclusive — 
the whole Bible clearly teaches two future states, and the final and 
everlasting separation of the wicked and the pardoned — the im- 
penitent and the timely and truly penitent. 

The Bible expressly and unmistakably declares that no liar, 
no drunkard, no adulteress, no fornicator, no adulterer, no person 
who taketh the name of God, or Christ Jesus the Lord, in vain — 
that none of these can enter heaven. And God has pronounced 
a curse against another and numerous class of men. He says: 
"Woe be to the man that putteth the bottle to his neighbor's 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 35 

lips!" Hell awaits all persons belonging to the above list, and 
others whom I have not enumerated ! 

O ! how glad I am that this separation is to come, and that 
we are not to be always tormented by the presence, influences, 
and works of the wicked! 

That there is a state of future happiness for God's people, 
both reason and Scripture indicate. Even among the heathen 
there exists a general idea or notion of happiness after death; 
yet these people have had only the light of nature to teach them. 

We find, on examining the mind of man, evidence that there 
is a natural desire after happiness; a desire for a degree and 
measure of happiness that is not attained in this life. It is also 
easily observable that in this life there is an unequal distribution 
of things, which makes the providence of God very intricate, even 
unjust, if there be no future state, or states, where wrongs are 
corrected. Justice and equity, to be secured by a righteous pro- 
portionment of rewards and punishments, demand a heaven, a 
hell, and a day of final judgment, and an infinitely wise and just 
Judge, as Christ, to preside over the final destiny of every human 
soul; a Judge knowing the works and the hearts of all, and capable 
of assigning each to that place most nearly merited by the char- 
acter of the individual soul. 

The New Testament Revelation puts the question as to a 
future state beyond all reasonable doubt. God has promised it. 
Read 1 John ii, 25, and v, 11. James i, 12, gives us some inti- 
mation of the glory of heaven. (1 Peter iii, 4, 22.) Revelation 
iii, 4, declares that Christ hath taken possession of heaven for us 
(John xiv, 2, 3), and informs us of some already there, both as to 
their bodies and souls. See Gen. v, 24; 2 Kings ii. 

Heaven is to be considered as a place, as well as the state or 
condition, of the blessed. It is expressly so termed in Scripture 
(see John xiv 2, 3), and the existence of the body of Christ, and 
those of Enoch and Elijah, is a further proof that heaven is a 
place. Eor if it be not a place, where can these bodies be, and 
where will the bodies of the saints exist after the resurrection? 
Just where this place is, however, can not be located as a city on 
earth. 



36 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

Surely there is room enough for heaven — for a vast heaven, and 
a big hell too. Can any men measure the extent of the universe? 
It is, so far as we know, as endless as eternity. Why, then, quibble 
about where heaven is located? Be assured, skeptic, that there is 
room plenty for both heaven and a broad, capacious hell, with 
space for all unpardoned sinners! 

The Scriptures represent heaven as a substantial, embodied 
reality, and its citizenship a kingdom of the redeemed of mankind, 
having its eternal abode in a sphere of its own, which will be truly 
"a new earth.' , 

Heaven, we are abundantly assured, is a place of inexpressible 
joy. The names given to it are proof of this. Heaven is called 
"paradise" (see Luke xxiii, 43); "Light" (Rev. xxi, 23); "a 
building and mansion of God" (2 Cor. v, 1 ; John xiv, 2) ; "a city" 
(Heb. xi, 10, 16); "a better country" (Heb. xi, 16); "an inherit- 
ance" (Acts xx, 32); "a kingdom" (Matt, xxv, 34); "a crown" 
(2 Tim. iv, 8); "glory" (Ps. lxxxiv, 11; 2 Cor. iv, 17); "peace, 
rest, and joy of the Lord" (Isa. lvii, 2; Heb. iv, 9; Matt, xxv, 

21, 23). 

The joy and felicity of heaven will consist in freedom from all 
evil, both of soul and body (Rev. vii, 17), and in the enjoyment 
of God as the chief good; in the company of angels and saints; 
in the study of the extent and marvelous creations of God, and in 
perfect holiness and growth in knowledge (1 Cor. xiii, 10-12). 

Degrees of Glory in Heaven. 

As to degrees of glory in heaven, we feel sure that the Scrip- 
tures expressly declare for degrees of happiness. See Dan. xii, 3; 
Matt, x, 41, 41; also, Matt, xix, 28, 29; Luke xix, 16, 19; Rom. 
ii, 6; 1 Cor. iii, 8; also 1 Cor. xv, 41, 42; 2 Cor. v, 10; and Gal. vi, 9. 

The Scriptures speak of heaven as a place of rewards for 
obedience to God, for Christ's sake; and let no one vainly suppose 
that he or she may spend a large or considerable part of this life 
in sin and disobedience, and then obtain pardon and receive as 
great reward as though life had been spent in the service of God. 
The Scriptures do not justify any such unreasonable expectation. 
While it is possible that the old sinner may repent and be par- 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 37 

doned, his shriveled, damaged soul will not be capable of nearly 
so much joy as it would have been, had it prepared for heaven 
at an earlier day. The Scriptures teach no unreasonable thing. 

Shall We Know Each Other? 

The question has been proposed, whether the saved shall 
know each other in heaven. 

The arguments in favor of recognition are taken from those 
instances recorded in Scripture, in which persons, who had never 
seen one another before, have immediately known each other on 
meeting in this world, by a special, timely Divine revelation given 
to them, in like manner that Adam knew Eve. (Gen. ii, 23.) We 
read, also, that Peter, James, and John knew Moses and Elias. 
(Matt, xvii.) Christ also represents the redeemed from all nations 
as sitting down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom 
of heaven. (See Matt, viii, 1 1 ; Luke xiii, 28-30.) 

Such Scriptures justify the belief that the saints and redeemed 
shall know one another in heaven when joined in the same 
assembly. 

Again, recognition may be proved by the apostles' words in 
2 Cor. i, 14; Phil, iv, 1, and especially 1 Thess. ii, 19, 20. "What 
is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in 
the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? for ye are 
our glory and joy." This teaches that they shall know one 
another; and consequently they who have walked and worked 
together on earth, in the ways of God, and have aided one another 
as relatives and intimate Christian friends, especially in the latter 
capacity, shall bless God for the mutual benefits that were received 
on earth, and shall know each other when again joined in heaven. 

That every soul in its future state, whether in heaven or in 
hell, whether saved or lost, will possess the power of personal 
recognition, is taught in the following Scripture, in the words of 
Christ himself : "There was a certain rich man, which was clothed 
in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: and 
there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his 
gate, full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which 
fell from the rich man's table : moreover the dogs came and licked 



3 8 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

his sores. And it came to pass that the beggar died, and was 
carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom : the rich man also 
died, and was buried; and in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in 
torment, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 
And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, 
and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his ringer in water 
and cool my tongue, for I am tormented in this flame. Abraham 
said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good 
things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is com- 
forted, and thou art tormented. And besides all this, between 
us and you there is a great gulf fixed; so that they which would 
pass from hence to you can not; neither can they pass to us that 
would come from thence. Then he said, I pray thee therefore, 
father, that thou wouldst send him to my father's house, for I 
have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also 
come into this place of torment. Abraham saith unto him, They 
have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. And he said, 
Nay, Father Abraham, but if one went unto them from the dead, 
they will repent. And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses 
and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose 
from the dead." 

Behold, the above Scripture clearly teaches that the in- 
habitants, both of heaven and hell, retain fully their intellectual 
power of reason, memory, reflection, regret, etc. Father Abraham 
reasoned with the lost soul of the once rich man, assuring him 
that if the impenitent on earth will not listen to Moses and the 
prophets, and be warned against the torments of hell, they would 
not be persuaded to repent, though word should be sent from 
the dead. 

To suppose that we will not know each other in heaven, is 
equivalent to supposing that we will lose our intelligence and 
become idiots. Read in addition to above article, "The Soul's 
Recognition of Itself," in this book. 

No Sex in Heaven. 

There is no sex in heaven. Perceive, sex belongs to and 
is the distinguishing feature of our bodies, and does not belong 
to the soul. No sex, no marriage, in heaven. 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 39 

The inhabitants of heaven are represented in Scripture as 
adoring the Divine perfections, and when the vials of God's wrath 
were poured out upon his enemies, as saying, "Thou art righteous, 
O Lord, because thou hast judged thus: true and righteous are 
thy judgments. (Rom. xvi, 5, 7.) We have full reason to believe 
that heaven will be a social state, and that its happiness will, in 
some measure, arise from mutual communion, conversation, and 
the expressions and exercises of mutual benevolence, — these, to- 
gether with the study of the marvelous works of God. All Scrip- 
ture views of heaven are pure and noble. That the happiness will 
be perfect (according to capacity) and eternal; also that it will 
be progressive, the redeemed always increasing in knowledge. 
The souls or spirits of redeemed mankind will be dressed — 
clothed — in heaven; but not in flesh, as the Scripture tells us that 
"Flesh and blood can not inherit the kingdom of God." 

It is taught in Scripture that the souls of the dead are not 
now in their final condition, but await the day of resurrection, at 
which time they will be reclothed, or rehoused, in the resurrected 
body, which probably will in some respects be the same as before, 
but in other respects greatly changed, and yet visible and sub- 
stantial, lasting and serving eternally all the motives, impulses, 
and desires of the purified spirits. 

The idea entertained by some, of a literal resurrection of 
bodies of flesh, is erroneous. It is unbiblical to suppose that the 
bodies of flesh will ever be resurrected as they were before death. 
Instead, the new body will be a spiritualized body; or the former 
one of flesh so changed as to be incorruptible and everlasting. 
This final and eternal or everlasting body will, no doubt, be visible 
and suited to the new home and conditions. 

It is declared that at his final coming Christ's people will be 
caught up into the air to meet him. This glorious time for his 
people will come, but when, no man knoweth. 

How Large is Heaven? 

Heaven is the kingdom of redeemed mankind, with God as 
King. While the Scriptures teach that heaven is a place, we are 
not told how large this place is. The word place denotes locality, 
and locality means limited space. 



40 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

There are men who hold that heaven is here on earth, as in 
the hearts of the better class of people, instead of a place else- 
where; but this idea is unbiblical, and very erroneous. 

Any such idea of heaven is vague and unreasonably indefinite, 
and at discord with Scripture. The fact is, heaven is a place of 
limited size. The author, after giving considerable thought to 
the subject, concludes that heaven must be of large size, as no 
small place would hold and accommodate all that will be saved 
of mankind, from Adam and Eve to the day of judgment. Billions 
have died in infancy, and, not having transgressed any law of 
God, are saved. Each of these have progressed in age and knowl- 
edge, and occupy space. 

Now, as to the extent of any space that may properly be 
called a place: we may call the State of Ohio a place, Iowa a place, 
England a place; and so of the whole world, it is a place. 

Heaven will be limited in size; it may be as large as this 
world on which we live. Or it can be many times larger, if need 
be, as there is room enough in this eternity of space; but it will be 
heaven, not hell ! 

And yet, though heaven be large, methinks there will be no 
railroad coaches there; but I shall not be surprised if the souls 
of redeemed mankind go, personally, from one part of heaven 
to any other as quickly as we now go in thought from our vari- 
ous homes to Chicago, New York, San Francisco, or any other 
place in this world. Our souls will not there be cooped up in 
narrow skulls, covered with more or less hair, or baldheaded, 
as now. 

The Soul's Recognition of Itself, or Self-Identity. 

If the soul of man is not, or does not, include his mind, it 
would lose its personal identity when separated from the human 
body. All human recognition is spiritual or mental. No man 
can recognize himself and be sure of his own identity — of his 
sameness — without the use of his mind. 

Some one has said: "The evidence of personal identity or 
sameness of a rational being, is self-consciousness; by this every 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 41 

one is to himself what he calls self, without considering whether 
that self be contained in the same or various substances." 

Thus it matters not whether this self be contained in its tem- 
porary home of flesh and blood, or otherwise. 

The soul or mind reflecting upon itself quickly recognizes 
previous knowledge, thoughts, meditations, sentiments, affec- 
tions, etc., and identifies sameness of personality and self. 

The recognition of any person or thing is accomplished 
through previous knowledge and memory. The same mental 
acts that enable us to recognize the sameness of a person of former 
acquaintance, enables us to recognize ourselves. 

Through memory the soul, looking in a face having been 
known before, instantly recognizes sameness of size, shape, com- 
plexion, and character, and says, This is John Brown, the black- 
smith. 

Turning to self, it is the soul's knowledge and memory of its 
own past life, works, deeds, affections, and character that enables 
it to recognize itself as the same personality and being. 

Previous knowledge and memory, aided, if need be, by the 
power of God, will enable redeemed souls to recognize one another 
in the future state. 

The soul's change of habitation and dress, from corruptible 
(destructible) flesh and blood, to an incorruptible (not destroy- 
able) body, will not prevent heavenly recognition; no, never! 

While we can not expect to see in heaven the souls of any 
one who died impenitent and unpardoned, yet the failure to rec- 
ognize and know r the redeemed of our former friends and kindred 
would bring disappointment and sorrow to our souls. 

To deprive the soul of the powers of mind, would be to rob 
it of all self-consciousness and all power of personal self-identifi- 
cation, and to degrade the soul down to idiocy. 

Unless the mental faculties accompany the soul, either as a 
whole or as a most important part thereof, the soul were it 
to pass through the golden gates into heaven, could not 
tell the Lord whether it formerly belonged to Smith or Brown! 
No, nor who was its father, mother, brother, or sister on earth. 
This unbiblical, know-nothing condition would rob heaven of all 
glory for mankind. Yes, we shall know each other "there." 



42 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

Hell and the Citizens. 

Hell — Greek, Hades; Hebrew, Sheol. 

The word Hell, as used in the Old and New Testaments, 
means the place where God punishes the wicked. Attention is 
directed to the meaning - of four distinct words used in the Greek 
and Hebrew Scriptures — Hades, Sheol, Tartarus, and Gehenna. 

Originally, from the earliest times, the region of the disem- 
bodied souls of the dead was called Hades by the Greeks, and 
Sheol by the Hebrews. This region of souls (disembodied — 
separated from their material bodies) was supposed to be a vast, 
deep, dark, gloomy cavern or "pit," located in the bowels or 
near the center of the earth, and was spoken of as "the house 
of Hades," just as Christ referred to heaven. He said, "In my 
Father's house are many mansions," thus calling or referring to 
heaven as a house. Hades (hell) was vast, and the darkness and 
ghostlike scenes rendered it most horrible. So large, so vast in 
extent was Hades, as to be better comprehended by expressions 
such as "the lower regions" and "the lower world" — so large as 
to be called "the lower world." 

The nearest surroundings of Hades, or "the house of Hades," 
fittingly correspond with its headquarters, rough and rocky 
grounds, covered with weeping-willows, persephone, and other 
fruitless and hateful trees, and thorny, prickly brush. 

The doors of "the house of Hades" were always open — day 
and night — to receive the souls of the dead; but carefully guarded 
by Cerberus, a powerful, many-headed dog, who kindly admitted 
all who would enter, but allowed none to escape. 

Such was Hades, Sheol, or Hell, in which all the souls of the 
dead were confined. 

And yet, notwithstanding this description, "the lower world," 
or "the house of Hades," was supposed to be in part the miserable 
prison of the wicked, and in part the happy abode of the blessed. 

The word Hades was so used by classic writers — by the best 
writers of early times — who employed it to denote the region of 
the souls of the dead, which they believed was, as stated above, 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 43 

in part the wretched prison of the wicked, and in part the com- 
paratively happy abode of the blessed. 

The Hebrew Sheol was sometimes used without reference 
to any separation between the righteous and the wicked, but at 
other times so used as to clearly mark a supposed separation. 

From the above records the reader will perceive that neither 
Hades nor Sheol have any reference to a grave proper, or burial- 
place, as some have supposed; and will notice, too, the wide dif- 
ference between the small, shallow, narrow, and short "pit," in 
which a human body is buried, and the Hades, Sheol, or Hell, 
described above. 

The Greeks, Hebrews, and other people of antiquity ex- 
pected but little happiness for the blessed in Hades, as compared 
with the Christian's high, exalted views of the state and inex- 
pressible glory that is believed to await the redeemed in heaven. 
But these exalted views are justified by the teachings of the incar- 
nated Son of God and his apostles. 

The Greeks and the Jews were agreed as to the region and 
abode of the souls of the dead, but differed widely in belief as to 
a future deliverance from Hades. The Greeks did not believe in 
a future resurrection, and so had no hope of deliverance. But 
the Jews firmly believed in a future resurrection from Sheol, their 
hopes being based on Old Testament prophecies found in Isaiah, 
Hosea, and Daniel. Thus the Old Testament (there was no New 
Testament in the times referred to) prophecies of a future resur- 
rection gave the Jews comforting hopes that the Greeks and 
heathen nations did not enjoy. 

The other two words, Tartarus and Gehenna, are very spe- 
cific or definite, and strictly mean the place of Divine punishment 
after death. 

It has been the general, almost unanimous, opinion that 
Hades is the place of an intermediate state between death and 
resurrection, divided into two parts, one the comfortable abode 
of the blessed, and the other the wretched place of the lost. 

I do not mean to say that Christianity locates hell in the 
bowels of the earth, as did the ancients, but believes that hell 
really exists somewhere in the vast, endless space. Christianity 



44 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

draws a definite separating line through Hades, and calls one 
part hell, and the other heaven, or paradise. 

In support of this Scripture view, reliance is placed on Christ's 
parable of Dives the rich man, and Lazarus the beggar, in which 
he represents Dives as tormented after death in Hades (hell), and 
Lazarus as happy in the society of the saved, and a great, impass- 
able gulf as separating the saved and the lost — making absolute 
separation. 

Christ, in declaring the consequences that would follow 
Capernaum's neglect of its privileges, contrasted Hades with 
heaven, as showing the torments of one and the happiness of the 
other. And again, in referring to the future welfare of his Church, 
he promised that the gates of Hades (hell) should not prevail 
against it. 

Both Christ and the apostles drew the line between hell and 
heaven, showing unmistakably the entire, absolute separation of 
the good and the bad in the future states. 

Human reason teaches and foreshadows two future states of 
existence after this life. The fact is, future states are an absolute 
necessity to justice — to correct wrongs that are not, and can not be, 
equitably adjusted during the continuance of this life. 

In this sentiment both enlightened human reason and Divine 
law are in accord. 

All religions suppose a future state after this life; and all have 
their hell, or place of torment, in which the wicked are to be pun- 
ished. The Jews, the Mohammedans, and the ancient and modern 
heathens all believed in a future state of life and punishment. 
Notice, then, it is not a doctrine peculiar to Christianity, but the 
common belief, founded in the reason and conscience of mankind, 
long before the Christian religion. 

As to the nature of the punishment to be inflicted upon the 
wicked we can form some idea from the Scriptures. Hell is called 
a place of torment (Luke xvi, 21); the bottomless pit (Rev. xx, 3-6); 
a prison (1 Peter iii, 19); darkness (Matt, viii, 12, and Jude xiii); 
iire (Matt, xiii, 42, 50); the worm that never dies (Mark ix, 44, 48); 
the second death (Rev. xxi, 8); the wrath of God (Rom. ii, 5). 

According to several passages of Scripture there will be dif- 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 45 

ferent degrees of punishment in hell. (Luke xii, 47; Rom. ii, 12; 
Matt, x, 20, 21; and Matt, xii, 25, 32; Heb. x, 28, 29.) 

All this, too, is in harmony with sound and enlightened hu- 
man reason. 

God is absolutely just, and will regard the measure of the 
wicked works and deeds, and the condition of the hearts — the 
souls — of men. 

It is generally believed by the Protestant Churches that pun- 
ishment is to be eternal, as in the Scriptures the same words that 
are used to express the everlasting — the eternity of the happiness 
of the saved — are also used to express the everlasting — the eternity 
of the misery of the wicked; and we can see no reason to believe 
that the same words express widely different meaning when used 
in the same connection. Clearly the separation of the pardoned 
and the unpardoned is to be everlasting. 

Satan and His Agents. 

Satan is a Hebrew word, and signifies an adversary, or 
enemy. The word Devil is from the Greek word Diabolus, and 
means about the same as Satan. Devil is the name applied to 
Satan's human agents. 

The devil, or Satan, is described in the Scriptures as the 
leader of the fallen angels, and the arch-enemy of God and man. 
His general object is to break the bonds of love and communion 
between God and man, and the bonds of confidence, truth, and 
love which bind men to each other. 

It is believed that Satan is a fallen angel, who, with his com- 
pany of followers, was expelled from heaven. That God cast him 
down from thence for the punishment of his pride; and that by 
his malice and envy, sin, death, and all other evils, came into the 
world; and that it is by the permission of God he exercises a 
government in the world over other fallen angels, and over the 
souls of as many of mankind as he and his angels, aided by recruits 
from among men and women, are able to deceive and destroy. 

That there is a personal devil there can be no reasonable 
doubt. In Revelation xii it is stated that "there was war in 
heaven" between Michael and his angels on the one hand, and 



46 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

the devil and his angels on the other. It says: "And the great 
dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the devil, and Satan, 
which deceiveth the whole world; he was cast out into the earth, 
and his angels were cast out with him." (Rev. xii, 7-9.) 

Jesus said to his disciples: "I beheld Satan as lightning fall 
from heaven." (Luke x, 18.) 

All Scripture accounts of Satan and his power imply spiritual 
nature and spiritual influence. The most reasonable conclusion, 
therefore, accords with the Scriptures — that Satan is a spirit, an" 
arch-leader of fallen angels, a rational creature, superhuman in 
wisdom, power, and energy, and once was one of the princes of 
heaven. 

As to his existence and personality, were it not for the bene- 
fit of persons who have not successfully searched the Scriptures, 
it would be a waste of time to prove that, in various degrees of 
clearness, the personal existence of Satan, as a spirit of evil, is 
revealed many times in Scripture. All such qualities and actions 
as can indicate personality are attributed to him in words and 
language that can not be explained away. 

The word Satan is used as referring to an adversary, in a 
general sense, in 1 Sam. xxix, 4; 2 Sam. xix, 22; 1 Kings v, 4, 
etc. It is also used in the Old Testament as a proper name or 
title, at least four times, as in Job i, 6, 12; also Job xi, 1; Zach. 
iii, 1; and in 1 Chron. xxi, 1. 

The New Testament is full of allusions to the personality and 
the agency of Satan; and his bad character is expressed and pic- 
tured in unmistakable words, because he is the adversary of the 
kingdom of grace which Christ came to establish. Christ's is a 
kingdom of light. Satan had, long before Christ came, established 
on earth a kingdom of darkness, and is determined not to lose his 
power over duped and damned subjects. 

He is called by the following titles: Tempter (1 Thess. iii, 5); 
Beelzebub and Prince of Devils (Matt, xii, 24); The Evil One 
(Matt, vi, 13; and Matt, xiii, 19, etc.); as a Spirit (Eph. ii, 2); 
Prince of this world (John xii, 31; also xiv, 30, and xvi, 11); God 
of this world (2 Cor. iv, 4) ; the dragon and the serpent (Rev. xii, 
9, and xxii, 2). 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 47 

It is not stated definitely in the Scripture account of the 
disobedience and consequent fall of Adam and Eve, that the ser- 
pent who tempted Eve was the devil, or his agent. The first inti- 
mation that the serpent was Satan, is found in the Book of Wis- 
dom ii, 23, where "St. John says, "That old serpent called the devil." 
(Rev. xii, 9.) 

No doubt the serpent was Satan, as the words and argument 
that Scripture says the serpent used to tempt Eve agree exactly 
with the lying character of Satan. 

Now, reader, in all future considerations of Satan or the 
devil let it be borne in mind that he is not only an intelligent 
Spirit, but also the champion and leader of hosts of other fallen 
angels, who, too, are highly intelligent spirit beings, each possess- 
ing individuality, and all working spiritually for the deception, 
degradation, and final destruction of the souls of men and women. 

As to his ways and methods, all these are well calculated to 
deceive men, women, and children; and to entice them into im- 
moral, impure, dishonest, deceitful, and ungodly lives. To accom- 
plish all this, Satan employs a vast number of fallen angels, like 
himself in character, all determined upon deceiving the young, 
middle-aged, and the old. Toward the accomplishment of their 
Satanic purposes, millions of men and women have been de- 
ceived, seduced into immorality and sin, and are now numbered 
as recruits and soldiers of the vast Satanic army. 

Satan and his angels, and human soul recruits, all under the 
general direction of Satan and his officers (for no doubt he has 
these among his angels), adapt their temptations to the temper 
and circumstances surrounding each soul whom they plan to de- 
ceive; and the work of deception, seduction to evil, and degrada- 
tion is accomplished most largely through the services of unchris- 
tian men and women ! These are the facts; the author knows of 
what he writes. Satan's active agents are almost everywhere! 
In every village, town, and city — numbering from two or more in 
the smallest village, up to the hundreds of thousands in a large city. 

These active agents of Satan are the liars, thieves, robbers, 
gamblers, drunkards, frauds, deceivers, seducers, adulterers, 



48 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

drunkard-makers, oppressors of the poor; in short, he has a host 
of human agents. All mankind can, according to Scripture, be 
divided into but two classes. These are the good and the bad — the 
pardoned and the unpardoned — those that are fighting Satan, and 
those who aid Satan! Satan and his aids choose the fittest time 
and opportunity, as age, mental condition, youth, need, poverty, 
prosperity, society, the dance, when alone, in company, lonely 
drives or walks, late hours, courtship, idleness. They pretend 
friendship and love to deceive and lead a soul away from the pro- 
tecting friendship of Christian friends. They put on the mask of 
moral or religious friendship. (See 2 Cor. xi, 14; Matt, iv, 6; 
Luke ix, 50.) They manage their temptations with the greatest 
shrewdness, making slight advances, to return again, if not se- 
verely repulsed, to renew the attack. They entice men and women 
to sin, as did the serpent, by leading them to believe that, after 
all, the deed will not be so bad as reputed to be. Others are led 
to believe that speedy repentance and pardon will be a small cost 
for the pleasure or benefit to be obtained by sin. The use of in- 
toxicating liquors is one of their most efficient means of robbing 
men of their money and time, and bringing need and poverty to 
families. 

Satan and all his aids are lying tongues in the mouths of false 
prophets. They inspire men with evil designs, as Satan did David, 
when he suggested to him to number his people ; to Judas to betray 
his Lord and Master; and to Ananias and Sapphira to conceal 
a part of the price received for their field. 

As commander-in-chief he puts into the minds of his aids 
what they fail to think of to advance his Satanic cause; and goes 
about full of rage, to see whom he may tempt, betray, and destroy 
by involving in guilt and sin. 

He possesses the superhuman power of operating directly 
upon the mind, instantly thrusting into it impure, dishonest, and 
wicked thoughts upon any subject that he chooses. 

He leads the mind to believe that Christ was not the Son 
of God; that the Bible is not the work of God; that honor and 
virtue exist only in the professions — not in the lives of men and 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 49 

women. He leads the wicked to believe or suppose that heaven 
is a delusion, and hell an empty imagination. 

His human agents are his willing tools. They use their hands 
and arms to fondle and embrace, their lips to caress, and the 
natural affections and passions to aid in seduction and moral ruin. 
Ninety-five cases out of one hundred of seduction are preceded 
by such so-called sportive use of hands and arms, whether in 
public or private; improper personal familiarity, pulling, hauling, 
and embracing, having been the gateway to seduction. Late and 
lonely rides and walks, and midnight courtships, are among Satan's 
favorite methods of destroying good character, and preventing 
marriage. Put a stop to such things or habits, and there will be 
fewer, far fewer, old bachelors and old maids ! 

Scripture clearly recognizes the existence of sin in the world, 
not only as inborn in the flesh, in character inherited from a 
parent, or parents, but also as coming from the influence of a 
powerful Evil Spirit. 

Though existing for unknown ages, God has but gradually 
revealed to man knowledge of the real existence and character 
of Satan. Therefore much that had not been revealed to the 
prophets of the Old Testament was revealed to the apostles of 
the New Testament. (See Eph. iii, 5.) During the time between 
the Old and the New Testaments men had pondered on the scanty 
revelations of evil, spiritual influences, and speculation on the 
subject prevailed; still, extended knowledge of the existence and 
nature of Satan remained in the dark. People felt an evil spiritual 
influence, but did not understand the nature of its source. 

After ages, Christ and the New Testament brought the sub- 
ject to the understanding of all anxious to know more of the 
truth. He and the apostles declared the existence, and defined the 
character, of Satan. (See John viii, 44.) 

As to the origin of Satan, but little is made known on this 
subject in Scripture. Most Bible students and theologians be- 
lieve him to be a fallen angel, as stated. 

We are unable to conceive that God ever created anything 
evil; nor can we believe that anything created by God was orig- 

4 



5° Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

inally evil. We do not doubt that Satan is a powerful Spirit 
Being. Nor do we doubt that pride was his sin, and the cause 
of the rebellion in heaven. Scripture tells us that God hates a 
proud spirit. 

Many men, viewing the situation from an unbiblical stand- 
point, consider evil and sin as a negative and human imperfection, 
proceeding, not from the works of Satan, but from the nature of 
matter, or from some disturbing influences which limit works of 
goodness on earth. 

But the revelations of the Scriptures authoritatively correct 
this error, and assert in the strongest terms the source of sin, and 
also the supremacy of God over the author of all evil. It is, there- 
fore, by God's permission and for his purpose, evil is allowed to 
exist for reasons best known to him. (See Prov. xvi, 41; Isa. 
xlv, 7.) 

Evil is considered in the Scriptures as an irregularity and 
corruption to be taken away by the manifestation of Divine love 
in the incarnation and atonement of Christ. 

God's ability to overcome Satan, and to cast him, together 
with his followers, out of heaven, is proof of his power to subdue 
Satan, whose days, the Scripture tells, are numbered, and that his 
destiny is a lake of fire and brimstone. 

But God has not left us unaided to fight against the influences 
of Satan. He has sent his Spirit — the Holy Ghost — abroad in 
the world, to aid as many as wish to be aided in the battle of life 
against Satan and his agents. 

No doubt many of the good thoughts that enter our minds 
are placed, or suggested, by the Holy Ghost to aid us against 
Satan. 

Conversion — What It Is. 

Conversion, from Latin conversio, in theology, is the name 
given to the conscious change of heart or mind leading the peni- 
tent sinner to a new life in a moral sense. As popularly used, 
conversion means the sensible, conscious experience of this 
change of soul or mind. It is a change in the sentiments of the 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 51 

mind or soul, and signifies return; repentance, to turn; a turn- 
ing toward or about. It denotes the act in which a soul estranged 
from God turns back to him, in order that it may share afresh 
in his grace. It is a return because the sinner re-enters his former 
position, as to moral sentiment towards God, which he lost by 
the disobedience of Adam and Eve, coming upon him by inherit- 
ance, God having declared that their sin should be upon the race. 

It is also a turning from, because the sinner turns from and 
abandons his former sins and wicked associates. This abandoning 
wicked associates is absolutely necessary, else he will backslide. 

It is the soul's voluntary approval of God and all his com- 
mandments and the surrender and giving up of the individual 
will, freely and by conviction, so as to be in harmony with the 
will of God. This must and does, of course, include the subjuga- 
tion of all individual appetites and passions to the will and com- 
mandments of God. 

How Accomplished. — Conversion, then, is the changed 
condition of the mind, including, always, the affections and will, 
towards God, and is brought about through the awakening and 
more intelligent use of individual reason and will. It may be 
sudden or slow and gradual. 

The common-sense reason possessed by every sane person, 
if awakened and properly exercised, will show the sinful soul 
that it is wrong, and lead it to repent and renounce its evil ways, 
and accept and embrace God and all his commandments as its 
guide and rule of life. 

Why men and women continue in unchristian life is be- 
cause they do not exercise their reason to its full capacity on the 
subject of religion and Christianity. If the soul of every man 
and woman were to be awakened next week, and reason used 
up to the extent of its capacity in considering the best interests and 
duty of each, in view of God and eternity, every one would be 
converted in less than one month. 

God says, "My people doth not consider." It is because of 
their sinful neglect to investigate and "consider" that there need be 
a heaven and a hell — heaven for those who do take time to con- 
sider and prepare for eternity, and hell for those who devote 



53 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

their time to money-making and other things exclusively for this 

There is a wide difference in the intensity of feeling in differ- 
ent cases of conversion, the clearness and keenness of the soul's 
expenence depending on the temperament and the P rec dmg 
pintual condmon-on temperament and character-whether thf 

tT VTT f d eXCitaWe ' and Whether the >*ter was fairly 
good or bad whether very near or very far from God. There- 
fore there w,ll be as much variety in experience as there is Tn 
temperaments and antecedent spiritual conditions. 

Man's Free Will. 

The change of moral sentiments of a soul, amounting to 
convers.on, must be sought for by the soul's reason, and accept d 

svstem "f ' " G ° d d ° eS n0t ' Md ^ n0t > Under his **» "d 
system of government, use spiritual influence on a sinful soul 

strong enough to amount to coercive force, as this would violate 
man s God-g.ven pnvflege of choice between good and evil, even 
between God and Satan. 

But God has not left man's soul unaided against Satan When 
his reason .favorably disposed to consider his future and eterna" 
interests, and Satan thrusts evil, unclean, immoral, and w eked 
thoughts mto h.s soul, to lead it away from conversion, God's I 

52 T; 7 °\ G0d haS SCnt ' and is abroad in the land, to 
offset and defeat the evil influences of Satan, puts good clean 

moral thoughts into the soul to aid man in resisting latanic evl' 
ment 1 T^ ** ™ ^ th ° Ught a PP ears in th e soul, strike, : 

i? am y 'T T V^ aUth ° r ' and k Wil1 de P art as <^kly « 
ntoTt V u Man y° fth * evil thoughts that come instantly 

"r t,,rL a ;:,s the works of satan - dther di ^ « * « 

The whole doctrine of the Christian religion is founded and 
rests on this doctrine of man's free-will powen By only tS £ 

hi H %r S ° n ' •K, dlVldUal P ° Wer and freedom of choice can 
he be held response to God. Clearly, if he were controlled, 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 53 

morally, by a stronger spiritual power, he could not be held re- 
sponsible. 

But the Bible clearly teaches that man does possess the power 
of free will, and that God does not force him against his will in 
anything. 

In the Old Testament, God says, "Turn ye, turn ye; for why 
will ye die?" He would not thus ask men to turn from and for- 
sake their sins if they could not do so. 

And Christ said, "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest 
the prophets and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how 
often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a 
hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not." 
This teaches clearly that God does not use influence to overcome 
man's own free will-power. Christ could use influence strong 
enough to overpower man's will, but he does, not do so. 

Any man can be converted, pardoned, and saved whenever he 
decides to accept God's terms. 

Repentance. 

Repentance is always a forerunner of Christian conversion; 
and conversion presupposes repentance, as men do not seek the 
pardon of their sins before they repent. Repentance is unselfish 
sorrow for having done wrong and displeased God. 

Be not deceived by sorrow, and suppose it to be proof of 
saving repentance! Sorrow may be one of several evidences of 
reformation, but alone is far from proof either of sound Christian 
conversion or of enduring moral reform. 

The keenly-felt consciousness of loss and privation of desir- 
able friends and friendship caused by an exposed sinful act or 
deed is not repentance, and pays no penalty for violated law. 
Thousands of men and women guilty of wickedness and adul- 
terous conversation and deeds do not become keenly sorry while 
undetected; but when exposed and excluded from Christian so- 
ciety, and shunned by the good citizens of a community, feel 
keenly the sorrow caused by their detection and exclusion. Such 



54 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

sorrow is purely selfish and entirely destitute of the elements of 
reformatory repentance. Deepest sorrow for lost associations, 
mingled with great fear of future Divine punishment, may possess 
none of the elements necessary to either moral reform or Chris- 
tian repentance, as selfish sorrow may be associated along with 
fear of Divine punishment and selfish grief at the prospect of loss 
and privation of heavenly blessings. 

It is most probable that in ninety-nine cases out of one hun- 
dred of sorrow resulting from detected sin there exists no trace 
either of moral reform or Christian repentance, the regrets, fears, 
and sorrow following detection being purely selfish, not moral; 
not from compunction of conscience because a good law of virtue, 
morality, or honor has been violated, but from fear of personal 
loss, privation, and suffering. 

It is only the free-will sorrow arising from the free exercise 
of individual reason, conscience, and Christian influences that 
has in it the elements of lasting moral and Christian reform. 
Keen, deep regrets and painful sorrow for undetected sins, viewed 
from the moral, Christian standpoint, is the only sorrow that 
changes the bad character, converts the soul, leading it to hate 
sin, to forsake and shun the society of sinful associates, to choose 
the good, and to carefully avoid all evil — in short, to live a new life. 
Such sorrow as this, along with the acceptance of Christ as the 
Divine Savior, and prayer for pardon, secures God's mercy in 
full to date. 

"Except a Man be Born Again." 

Though all mankind inherit sinful nature from Adam and 
Eve, and from their descendants, yet no person will ever be pun- 
ished or condemned for their (Adam and Eve's) disobedience. 
No ! We are not condemned for the sins of others, except for our 
evil influence. Therefore all are saved who die in infancy, or be- 
fore old enough to know wrong from right. Perceive, then, that 
God is just, and will punish us only for our own sins. 

It is most probable, however, that every living soul old 
enough to distinguish between right and wrong has transgressed 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 55 

some law of God, and is under condemnation, and must^ be con- 
verted, or, as Christ says, "born of water and of the Spirit." 

There was a man by the name of Nicodemus who, believing 
that the kingdom of God was to be an earthly kingdom, and, as 
he was a Jew, he believed that he was already in the kingdom of 
God by his fleshly birth. Nicodemus was a ruler of the Jews, 
who went to Jesus, and said unto him, "Rabbi, we know that 
thou art a teacher come from God; for no man can do these 
miracles that thou doest except God be with him." 

"Jesus answered, and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say 
unto thee, except a man be born again, he can not see the king- 
dom of God." 

"Nicodemus said unto him, How can a man be born when 
he is old? Can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, 
and be born?" 

"Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a 
man be born of water and of the Spirit, he can not enter into the 
kingdom of God." 

In the above, Jesus presented to Nicodemus the law of pardon 
under the figure of a birth as an illustration, and shows how this 
birth (a spiritual birth) is to be accomplished. Thus a man is 
awakened and brought to a consciousness of his sinful condition 
by the Word of God, as recorded in the New Testament, whether 
by hearing it preached or read, and by the influence of God's 
Spirit, the Holy Ghost. And, too, by these same means man 
learns the terms and conditions upon which his sins may be for- 
given. These are faith in Jesus Christ as the Divine Savior, re- 
pentance of sin, public confession of faith, and a baptism in wa- 
ter—all these by and in obedience to Christ's authority, which 
alone gives force. He then has the promise (in the Scriptures) 
of forgiveness of his past sins. 

By compliance with these conditions his relation to the two 
kingdoms— one of God, and the other of Satan— is changed. He 
is now a citizen of the kingdom of God on earth. His state or 
moral condition is also changed. He is no longer in rebellion 
against God and his laws, but is an obedient citizen of God's 
spiritual government. 



56 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

As a natural or fleshly birth is a change of relation, and a 
change, also, of state or condition, so, too, in a spiritual birth, 
we are begotten by the Word — the gospel — and baptized in 
water. This "born of water" is baptism, and, of course, necessi- 
tates a burial in water, as in no other way could the figure of a 
birth, as Jesus uses it in verse 5, of St. John iii, be carried out. 
Hence, St. Paul speaks of baptism as a burial and rising again 
to walk in a new life. 

Recapitulation. — To make still clearer what Christ meant 
by "born of water and of the Spirit," let us consider facts thus: 
Man's mind is a spirit. He is as really and truly a spirit being 
in mind as he is animal in body. All his intellect, reason, will, 
and affections are spiritual, because of and belonging to his 
mind or spirit. These are sinful and in opposition to the will 
of God, and must be so changed as to come in harmony with 
God and all his laws. There is no change to be made or take 
place in the flesh; therefore the change is entirely spiritual, and, 
as it puts the soul in an entirely new position and relationship 
towards God, the change can very properly be called, or likened to, 
a new birth of the spirit or soul of man. 

In this spiritual birth the soul or mind of man is brought 
forth out of the moral darkness of unbelief and disobedience into 
the light of belief, harmony, and love with God. 

This changed condition is brought about and accomplished 
through the influence of God's Word — the Scriptures — together 
with the influence of the Holy Ghost, God's Spirit. 

Now, about the water. Christ equally declares for the use 
of water — the "Except a man be born of water," etc. 

Water here refers to baptism, to complete the "new birth." 

Birth, in its strictest sense, is predicated or asserted of 
baptism, as birth does not give life, but merely changes the state 
of a human child — removes it from one place to another, and 
into new conditions of life. So, likewise, of baptism, that which 
has already been begotten of the Spirit — this the changed con- 
dition of the soul — is baptized in water, and brought into its new 
condition in the kingdom of God. Perceive, it is not the impar- 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 57 

tation or giving of life, but the development of life already pos- 
sessed that is accomplished by birth. 

Study the following Scriptures on the whole subject: John 
xvi, 7; xiv, 26; xvi, 13; xvi, 8-1 1; John xv, 26, 27; Matt, 
xxviii, 18-20; Rom. vi, 2-9; n-14; 1 Cor. i, 21; xv, 1-4; Eph. 
ii, 14-20; Col. ii, 12; iii, 1-11; 1 Pet. i, 22-25. 

To be "born again" is to be converted to God, and is little 
more or less than another name for complete conversion. 

It is not probable that any unconverted person who reads 
this will ever be "born again," except through the influence of 
the gospel and God's Spirit. 

The work of God's Spirit is to influence men to accept Christ 
through the teaching of the Scriptures. 

God says, "Turn ye, turn ye," and "Seek the Lord!" 

Except a man seeks the truth, and places himself under 
the influence of the Scriptures, and exercises his reason and will 
wisely, he '11 never be "born again." Except a man makes sensible 
use of the talents which he possesses under gospel influence, he '11 
never be "born again." Except a man accept the New Testa- 
ment as the law of God, he '11 never be "born again." Except 
a man be awakened by the light obtainable through the Scrip- 
tures, he '11 never be "born again." Except a man accepts par- 
don of his sins on Christ's own terms, he '11 never be "born again." 
Except a man repents and renounces all his sins, he '11 never 
be "born again." Except a man accepts his own work, and for- 
saking his sins, he '11 never be "born again." Except a man per- 
forms his own moral work, leaving and trusting the work of the 
Holy Ghost — God's Spirit — to God and the Spirit, he '11 never be 
"born again." 

In short, man must strive in the use of his better reason, 
and determine to do his whole duty towards God, not expecting 
to be saved without effort. 

The Holy Ghost will never force a man into the service of 
God; no, will never use influence strong enough to overcome 
a man's free will. See "Free Will." 



58 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 



The Standard or Measure of Right. 

By the word standard I mean a measure of right. The word 
"right" implies that there is wrong, just as the word "counter- 
feit" implies or conveys the idea that there is a genuine article, 
which the counterfeit is designed to represent; and which, be- 
tween the two, is the standard. 

So of the word right, as applied to moral worth. It im- 
plies that there is a moral standard or measure that is right, and 
by which we can determine what is moral and right; and what- 
ever is different is counterfeit and wrong. As with a correct three- 
foot stick we can measure a merchant's yard, and decide whether 
it is right or wrong, so with a correct standard of moral right 
we can as surely measure the deeds of any person, and decide 
whether they are right or wrong. 

Man's standard of right must be such as will enable him to 
detect any wrong in a case, and the amount or degree of wrong, 
by the extent or variance from the standard of right. In all 
cases, that which is free from wrong must be the standard of 
right, honor, purity, virtue, and morality. 

As there can be no wrong, no evil, in right, the standard or 
measure of right must be perfection, to measure out absolute 
justice to all mankind. 

Why so Much Wrong. 

The reason why there is so much wrong in the deeds of men 
and women is because they accept no established standard of 
right. To be honest, just, pure, and upright, they must be gov- 
erned in each transaction of every-day life by a fixed standard 
measure of right. 

There are many material standards for the measurement of 
things, as the ounce, pound, and ton, and the pint, quart, gallon, 
and bushel. These are established measures of sugar, coffee, 
flour, molasses, vinegar, corn, oats, potatoes, etc. A man may 
have all these standards of things of commerce; but if he has no 
standard of moral right, he will sometimes give his neighbor one 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 59 

and three-fourth pints for a quart, three and one-half quarts for 
one gallon, fourteen ounces for one pound, three and one-half 
pecks for a bushel, and nineteen hundred pounds for a ton. 
Having in use no standard measure of right, he will not, or 
may not, regard these lower standards except so far as he may- 
be governed by selfish considerations of policy and by fear of 
detection. 

But if a man be governed in his use of the measures of ma- 
terial things by a higher measure — a measure of moral right — 
he will not defraud his neighbor by light weights. 

Man's standard of right must govern his conscience, and make 
him his neighbor's keeper, and compel him to consider the wel- 
fare of his neighbor's family. Then he will not take his neigh- 
bor's money in exchange for that which is neither bread, nor 
meat, nor clothing, nor for that which he knows is of no benefit 
to his neighbor. 

If a man's standard of a pound, or a ton, is too light, he 
will defraud the people with whom he deals. If he cuts a piece 
off the end of his yard measure, he will not measure right to 
his neighbor. His standard of a pound and of a yard being 
wrong, he can not measure right right to anybody. 

So, too, if his standard or measure of right is too light, too 
short, or in any way wrong, he will not measure out justice and 
right to his neighbors. 

There is but one standard measure of right that can always 
be depended on as absolutely correct; and that is the New Testa- 
ment principles. These always measure out precise justice and 
right to every neighbor, and to all their families. 

But take notice, as it takes thirty-six inches and all their frac- 
tions to make a correct yard-measure, just so, too, it takes every 
commandment and every principle in the New Testament to 
make the standard measure of right; and if any person wishing to 
practice any wrong, or because of any motive, takes any one, even 
the least, commandment out, the measure of right will be broken, 
or cut too short, and the man or woman will defraud and wrong 
his and her neighbors. 

Perceive, any person's standard of right is as defective and 



60 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

wrong if any one of the commandments be cut off, as a yard- 
measure with a piece cut off one end of it. 

A large per cent of men and women have not fully accepted 
the New Testament standard, and are degrading this perfect 
measure of right by cutting out of it any commandment or prin- 
ciple that interferes with their freedom to wrong their neighbors, 
and therefore really have no standard higher than their own 
selfish and corrupt conscience. 

Conscience as a Guide. 

Conscience belongs to the moral side of the mind, including 
the affections and honor, and is the faculty, power, or principle 
which decides on the moral lawfulness of our actions, and ap- 
proves or condemns them — the moral judgment of the individual 
applied to his own conduct. 

A conscientious man places himself before his internal tri- 
bunal or judge, which we call conscience, and is either acquitted 
or condemned. If acquitted, he feels easy and comfortable in 
mind; if condemned, he feels humiliated and unhappy. 

Conscience, at most, only conforms the deeds of men and 
women to their own moral sense of right, and not to their best 
reason. 

Conscience, then, is a faculty of the mind, embracing its 
moral sentiments, and, like the whole of the spirit, is weakened 
morally by evil and strengthened by good thoughts and deeds. 
Every improper, unclean, immoral, and evil thought or deed cor- 
rupts conscience, and reduces and weakens its disposition to judge 
rightly. 

After the first wrong act of any sort, reason says that it was 
wrong, and conscience condemns, and the sinner feels very trou- 
bled in mind for a few days. After the second offense he is 
troubled in mind; after the third offense he is uncomfortable in 
mind; after the fourth offense he is not quite happy; after the 
fifth he concludes that he is no worse than some other people; 
and after the sixth offense his conscience decides that, after all, 
he is not his neighbor's keeper. Conscience becomes degraded, 
careless, and indifferent, and all standard of right is gone, and 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 6i 

the man is governed entirely by selfishness and such surround- 
ing conditions as he is unable to break down or overcome. Rea- 
son is not so much impaired. He still knows wrong from right, 
but his conscience now excuses him from all moral responsibility, 
and he cares more for a few nickels and dimes than for his neigh- 
bor or the welfare of his neighbor's family, and is ready to en- 
gage in any occupation, however degrading, if there are dimes 
in it. 

Do n't be deceived. Conscience is only the moral senti- 
ment of the soul or mind, and goes up and down along with the 
character of the individual. 

Unless the entire soul, which, of course, includes conscience, 
be constrained (governed) to do right by a law higher than either 
conscience or human law, a man will not consider himself morally 
responsible, and will wrong his neighbors. 

The fact is, there is but one correct and always reliable moral 
standard or measure of right, and equally good for all mankind, 
whether Christian or unchristian — for every one who wishes to 
be honest and upright in mind and body; and this one only is 
the law of God as recorded in the New Testament Scriptures. 

The measure of right is a mental standard easily acquired 
and always at hand when needed. In all this it is quite different 
from the wooden, tin, and iron standards used in measuring things 
of commerce. This standard of right is a spiritual measure, car- 
ried in the mind, and requires but little skill to use it. The 
rule is this: Apply the standard of right to any one's thoughts, 
words, and deeds, and if there be found any impurity, evil, or 
wrong, the same is condemned, and must be immediately stopped. 

Careful, thoughtful reading of the New Testament will 
quickly supply this all-important standard of right. 

Twofold Punishment. 

A large per cent of men and women have not yet thought 
of lawful punishment from the standpoint from which it has ap- 
peared as being twofold, though separately administered — two 
punishments for one and the same transgression of laws. 



62 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

The failure to comprehend the twofold nature of punish- 
ment will, no doubt, lead to the condemnation and loss of many- 
souls. We are under two entirely separate and distinct govern- 
ments — the lower and the higher. There are two distinct and 
non-dependent sources of law; two separate, distinct, and non- 
dependent law-making powers; two distinct, separate, and non- 
dependent penalties for each offense; two separate, distinct, and 
non-dependent courts of justice; and two separate, distinct, and 
non-dependent places of punishment. 

The first source of laws, penalties, and punishment is God. 
The second source of laws, penalties, and punishment is man. 
The higher law is the law of God; the lower law is the law of man. 

Some of the lower laws are based upon the all-wise prin- 
ciples set forth in the higher law; while other lower laws shame- 
fully disregard, antagonize, and set aside the higher law. 

All men and women are each individually accountable to 
both these law powers, and subject to punishment by both the 
lower and the higher law for any one and the same offense, mak- 
ing the punishment twofold, or twice for each sin. 

Some who violate the lower laws may escape punishment 
by these, if not detected, but will, sooner or later, have to suffer 
the penalty of the higher law, if pardon be not obtained from the 
higher court during this life. 

In the Bible are to be found the higher laws. The New Testa- 
ment repeals the Old Testament law of eye for eye and tooth for 
tooth, but fully re-enforces the Ten Commandments, with all 
their wise, pure, and beautiful principles, leaving absolutely no 
license to either man or woman for sin. 

Men have enacted many laws — some of very severe penal- 
ties — designed for the better government of men and protection 
of individual rights, property, etc. And as man will have no 
earthly governmental power beyond the grave, punishment for 
the violation of his laws must be inflicted here, if at all. But not 
so of the higher laws, which punish in the next world. 

It is the penalty to be inflicted that makes a law. An enact- 
ment by a lawmaking power, declaring that man must not do 
this or that thing would not be law without a stated penalty. 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 63 

The lower laws make horse-stealing a penitentiary crime. 
A man is arrested, convicted, sentenced, and confined in peni- 
tentiary for a term of years at hard, unpaid labor, thus paying 
the penalty in full for the violation of man's law. This is punish- 
ment No. 1. 

The higher law excludes a thief from heaven, provided he 
does not repent and obtain Divine pardon, and puts the punish- 
ment off until the end of the life of the thief, thus giving him 
his whole lifetime on earth to repent and obtain pardon. Failure 
to obtain Divine pardon brings punishment No. 2, making two- 
fold punishment. God's being a spiritual government, he does 
not enforce his laws on earth, but, instead, the Scriptures teach 
that an account is kept in heaven of every life and deed, and that 
every act and every thought will be brought into judgment on 
the great day at the end of the world, when rewards and punish- 
ments will be awarded to every soul. 

All human aches, pains, and losses can be explained scientific- 
ally, showing that each comes as a philosophical consequence 
following the violation of some natural law governing either secu- 
lar affairs or organized matter, as that of the human body, causing 
derangements and disease, God having nothing to do with them. 

Do n't, then, imagine that your corn-aches, headaches, gout, 
and rheumatism are settling any part of the Lord's account of 
your sins. 

Day of Judgment and Resurrection of the Dead. 

The day of the final universal judgment, when God shall 
judge all the world. It is that all-important period which shall 
terminate, shall put an end to the present dispensation of grace 
towards the fallen descendants of Adam and Eve, — put an end to 
time, and usher in the eternal destinies of mankind and angels. 
This is the doctrine held by the Protestants, Romanists, and Jews. 
See Acts xvi, 31; 1 Cor. xv, 22-26; 1 Thess. iv, 14-17; Matt. 
xxv, 31-46. 

It is in reference to this period that should be solemn only, 
or more especially, to the sinner, that the Apostle Peter says, 



64 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

"The heavens [meaning our atmosphere] and the earth which 
now exist are by the Word of God reserved [kept] in store unto 
fire against the day of judgment and perdition [punishment'] of 
ungodly men." (2 Peter iii, 7.) 

The burning of the earth and the works thereon, together 
with the melting and burning of the elements — that is, the con- 
stituent parts of which this terraqueous globe is composed — are 
all things possible, and, therefore, to be literally understood. In 
the apostle's prophecy are statements which show that he in- 
tended it to be explained literally. His account of the perishing 
of the old world was to declare to disbelievers the possibility of 
the destruction by fire of the present atmospheric heavens and 
the earth. 

He certainly meant, by the burning of the heavens and earth, 
the entire destruction of this world. The correctness of this rea- 
soning is shown, also, by the apostle's foretelling that, after the 
present heavens and earth are burned, "new heavens" and "a new 
earth" are to appear, in which the righteous are to dwell for- 
ever. 

The time fixed by the Apostle Peter for the destruction of 
the heavens and the earth by fire on the day of judgment and 
punishment of ungodly men, shows that he is speaking of the 
destruction of the world, and not of a single city or nation dur- 
ing the existence of the world, but of the earth itself, with the 
bodies (not souls) of all the wicked. 

There is no sound reason for doubting the coming of the day 
of judgment at the end of the world. God's system of govern- 
ment and method of administration makes the day of final judg- 
ment a necessity. The justice of God requires it; for it is very 
evident that this attribute — justice — is not clearly displayed in 
the dispensation and distribution of things in this life. (2 Thess. 
i, 6, 7; Luke xiv, 26.) 

It is not until the day of judgment that just judgments can 
be rendered, after which every soul will be rewarded according 
to its merits, all things considered, by the competent Judge, Christ. 

Christ will be the Judge, than whom there can be none more 
competent. (See Acts xvii, 31.) He will appear in his Divine 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 65 

and human nature, with great power and glory, coming in the 
clouds, visible to every eye, as is the sun, and penetrating every 
heart (soul), with full authority over all, and acting with justice 
to all. 

The General Resurrection. 

As is understood, the general resurrection of the dead will 
take place on the day of judgment, when Christ comes again, 
which will be his second coming, when he will come in the clouds, 
with great glory, to judge the world. At his coming the bodies 
of the living saints (all true Christians) will be changed, the dead 
saints raised, and both caught up and go to meet the coming 
Lord in the air. This, too, will be on judgment-day, at the end 
of the world. (John vi, 39, 40; and John xi, 24.) 

The belief in a general resurrection of the dead, as stated, 
to be followed by trial, judgment, and everlasting life, either of 
happiness or misery, is a doctrine of religion common to Jews 
and Christians. 

The resurrection of all the dead is expressly taught both in 
the Old and the New Testaments. It is supposed to be alluded to 
in Isaiah xxvi, 19, and in Ezekiel xxxvii, in the well-known chapter 
referring to the revival of dry bones in the valley vision; and in 
the last chapter of Daniel (xii, 2) there is the distinct affirmation 
that many that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake — some 
to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt 
(punishment). 

Even Mohammedanism cherishes some gross or vague be- 
lief in a future resurrection. 

In the time of our Lord it had become a formal doctrine 
of the Pharisees. 

Our Lord arose himself from the dead, to give us, in his own 
person, a proof, a pledge, and a pattern of our future resurrection. 
St. Paul, in nearly all his epistles, spoke of a general resurrection. 

And Christ himself declares that "the hour is coming in 
which all that are in their graves shall hear his voice, and come 
forth — they that have done good unto the resurrection of life, and 

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66 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

they that have done evil unto the resurrection of damnation." 

(John v, 21-29; 1 Cor. xv, 22; Rev. xx, 11.) 

The resurrected body will not be of flesh and blood, as the 

Scriptures tell us that these can not inherit the kingdom of God 
Therefore it is most probable that the bodies of the right- 
eous and the wicked— though each shall, in some respects be 
the same as before— yet will each be, in other respects, greatly 
changed, and not the same, having undergone changes conform- 
ing the body to the character of the individual, and suited to 
what will be his future state of existence, both being rendered 

incorruptible." This means indestructible, everlasting 

The Scriptures tell us: "When Christ, who is our life, shall 
appear, we shall appear with him in glory;" "We shall be like 
him; our bodies shall be fashioned like his glorious body" yet 
notwithstanding all this, "it doth not yet appear what we shall 
be. This last means that we are not able to decide just what 
our bodies will be. 

While both men and devils are to be tried on judgment-day, 
the righteous will be raised first; all the bodies of the saints in 
a moment, ,n the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump, in order 
that they may meet the Lord in the air, and be with him forever 
m heaven (See 1 Cor. xv, 52; 1 Thess. iv, 16, 17.) And it is 
thought that the righteous will be tried first. (Matt, xxv.) 

As to the pardoned sins of God's people, these shall not 
be brought against them to condemn, though they may be made 
known, along with the pardons. 

But of the wicked, they all shall be judged, and all 
their thoughts, words, and deeds be brought into judgment. 
(Eccl. xii, 14.) 

The fallen angels, also, are said to be reserved unto the judg- 
ment of the great day. (Jude 6.) They shall then receive their 
final sentence, and be shut up in the prison of hell. (Rev. xx io- 
Matt, viii, 29.) ' 

As to the method or rule of judgment, the Scriptures tell 
us that books will be opened (Rev. xx, I2 ) : First, the book of 
Divine omniscience (Mai. iii, 5), or book of remembrance (Mai. 
m, 16); second, the book of conscience (Rom. i, 15); third, the 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 67 

book of Providence (Rom. ii, 4, 5); fourth, the book of revela- 
tion, law, and gospel (John xii, 48; Rom. ii, 16; Rom, ii, 12); 
fifth, the book of life, in which the names of the justified are 
enrolled (Luke x, 20; Rev. iii, 5; Rev. xx, 12, 15). 

There surely need be no doubt as to the justice of all sen- 
tences, as the Judge will have absolutely known the sins of all; 
and let it be known that Christ himself is the Door to heaven, 
and that, according to the plain teaching of the Scriptures, dis- 
belief in Christ as the Divine Son of God is a sin so great as to 
exclude all disbelievers from heaven. 

Finally, as to the condition of the soul or spirit after death 
and before the resurrection, the general opinion among Bible 
scholars is that the soul departs from the body at the time of 
death, and either goes alone, or is accompanied by a messenger 
from God to "paradise," provided its sins had been pardoned up 
to the time of death. But, if not pardoned, it is supposed to go 
to a place called Hades, or hell, which see. 

Death of the Body. 

Death is a natural and necessary occurrence. 

In man (body and soul) are two lives : animal and spiritual — 
the body possessing one life, and the soul another. If there were 
no life that dies in the body, there would be no death. Death 
destroys the animal life, without affecting the spiritual. 

Every tick of the clock is the death-knell of a dying human 
body and a departing soul. About thirty-six hundred die every 
hour, and eighty-six thousand every day go to one or the other 
of the two places of future abode, described in the Bible as heaven 
and hell. 

Death is not to be considered a calamity, but the decree of 
a loving Creator, and is, also, the gateway to both the eternal 
homes of mankind, therefore not to be feared by any one prepared 
for heaven. 

In harmony with God's wonderful plans and works for man 
there are, as it were, three worlds that concern man: this world, 
heaven, and hell. In the first of these man is placed on proba- 



68 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

tion (trial), and carefully instructed (in the Scriptures) how to 
prepare for the future life in heaven, and fully warned against 
hell. Man is given free-will power — power to choose between 
right and wrong, between the ways and deeds which lead to 
heaven and the ways and deeds which lead to hell. When death 
occurs, the days of probation are past, and his soul goes, by the 
power of God, to one or the other of the two future worlds, for 
which it has prepared during its time of probation and oppor- 
tunity. 

It was necessary that there be some suitable way of moving 
the soul from this world to the next without the body, and, as 
God's laws exclude flesh and blood from heaven, this exchange 
of worlds could be accomplished in no way better than through 
the death of the body. Therefore death both disposes of the 
body, becomes the moving-time of the never-dying soul and the 
doorway to that future state to which the soul is entitled. 

To as many as have properly respected God and his Biblical 
warnings, laws, and commandments, and improved their oppor- 
tunities for preparing their souls for heaven, death is a great 
"victory." (See i Cor. xv, 54.) 

Death is the happy moment of the Christian's last earthly 
experience. When relations and friends are distressed and mourn- 
ing, the victorious soul is exchanging this world of sickness, aches, 
pains, and troubles for one of everlasting health, ease, peace, 
and joy. 

This life is the God-given opportunity for moral, intellectual, 
and Christian culture of the soul preparatory for heaven. 

Death has absolutely no power either to destroy or to in- 
jure the mind. I feel sure that I will not impress too often upon 
the soul of the reader the fact that the so-called human mind is 
the immortal soul, a spirit being who sees, hears, perceives, reasons, 
compares, remembers, loves, desires, resolves, fears, hopes, adores, 
and aspires — may we say? — for heaven. 

This spirit is from God himself, and belongs to another world. 
The body is entirely distinct from the spirit, and belongs to this 
world. Death, too, belongs to this world. There will be no 
deaths in heaven, and so death has power to destroy the human 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 69 

body, but not to destroy anything that belongs to the next 
world. 

Do not be deceived by supposing that death will change and 
fit any unclean, immoral, corrupt soul for heaven. Better com- 
prehend that the intellect, affections, and will — in short, all the 
mental faculties — belong to the soul, and are neither cleansed, 
purified, nor affected directly by death. Scripture declares, 
"Neither doth corruption inherit incorruption." This means that 
an unclean, impure soul will not inherit a pure soul in heaven. 

A dying Christian mother, who had been expecting the ar- 
rival of a son who had missed a train, said: "Tell Joseph that I 
waited as long as I could; and tell him that I have gone, and want 
him to meet me there/' and now she awaits in joyful expectation 
of the peaceful death of Joseph by and by, and a glorious reunion 
in heaven by and by. 

But about Joseph during the many, many years of care, 
anxiety, and toil; his soul's memory of mother's last request and 
peaceful, hopeful death, together with his desire, hope, and ex- 
pectation of an endless reunion up there, have seemingly shortened 
his days, months, and years of labor, anxiety, and toil, and soft- 
ened his pillow — ah! more, have connected two worlds and two 
hearts by a chain of never-dying Christian love, extending from 
earth to heaven, and from heaven to earth. 

O! joy! joy! attending joy! in Christian belief, faith, and 
hope! 

Love— What It Is, Etc. 

Love is an attachment of the human affections to any object. 
"It is that relation between persons in which the personality of 
the one is lost in the other, in which each esteems the other better 
than himself, and all selfishness vanishes." Love is the greatest 
of all graces (1 Cor. xiii, 13); it answers the purpose of law 
(1 Tim. i, 5), and resembles the inhabitants of heaven. 

John says, "God is love." (1 John iv, 16.) He does not 
mean this as a definition of the essence of God, but a statement 
of his feelings towards mankind. 

Love is the essence of the Christian system. It is the work 



70 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

of Christianity to regulate and direct this passion (love) to proper 
channels and objects, and to moderate it within due bounds. 
Christianity is glad to find this principle in the human mind, and 
does not banish, but directs and encourages it; does not depress, 
but exalts it; does not abate, but promotes it. Love, rightly 
guided, will lead to all goodness, and no evil. 

Love is conducted by piety to proper objects, and animated 
with the noblest expectations and trained up for perpetual exer- 
cise in a world where it shall be perfectly purified, extended, and 
rewarded. 

Love is so much more than favorable inclination or liking, 
that it is always improper to speak of love for an animal, or love 
for a thing. True love can only exist between human beings. 
Love, in its purity, does not exist in instinct. 

Without love in the soul, the value and beauty of every other 
attainment is destroyed, (i Cor. xiii.) 

To love ourselves somewhat, or within bounds, is necessary, 
and has been said to be the measure of our love for our neigh- 
bors. If this be the true measure, it would seem that some people 
think very little of themselves! 

Love, kindled by and based on material form and super- 
ficial beauty, is fickle, unsteadfast, unreliable — changeable as the 
winds — and liable to vanish any hour. 

But love based on spiritual things is deep-rooted and en- 
during. But do you know what I mean by spiritual things f 
Things that are of flesh and blood, or of any tangible material — 
anything that can be seen or felt is material, composed of matter. 
The human mind or soul is a spirit being. Personality — self — 
is in the soul. The body is of no comparative value. The soul — 
the spirit being — sees, hears, perceives, remembers, reasons, loves, 
hopes, fears, compares, desires, resolves, adores, imagines, and 
aspires; all these being of the soul, mind, or spirit (synonymous), 
and are spiritual. 

Love, based on the good qualities of the soul, becomes deep- 
rooted, and grows stronger from year to year on and on during 
life; and will, in all probability, continue to increase and grow in 
eternity — everlasting. Yea, verily, there is sufficient Biblical 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 71 

reasons to believe that love founded in Christian merit — as love 
of honor, virtue, fidelity, God, and his people — will endure not 
only through earthly time, but for ever and ever. 

But love based on physical forms and superficial, outward 
beauty, even though supported for a time by animal passions, is 
rooted like such beauty only "skin deep/' and liable to be blown 
away by the first unfavorable gale. A person beautiful in form 
and surface may attract, fascinate, and kindle in the soul of the 
captivated a flame of love (more properly admiration) of material 
beauty; but when the captivated soul discovers that the fascinat- 
ing qualities of the handsome person are all material, and only 
"skin deep," and that the beauty possesses no fascinating spiritual 
qualities, love weakens, and may soon take wings and be off ! 

While it is true that material beauty may command admira- 
tion, it alone can not demand the respect of anybody. 

We can not estimate correctly the character and moral worth 
of people by the houses in which they live, whether we refer to 
those of brick and mortar, or of flesh and blood. 

While many, very many, unclean, immoral, wicked, and adul- 
terous men and women live in attractive, handsome, and fasci- 
nating houses of flesh and blood, a vast number of the purest, 
brightest, noblest, most deserving, and, in fact, most lovely souls 
of men and women on this earth live in plain, unattractive, un- 
fascinating, and even homely houses of flesh and blood. 

But the beauty of superior qualities of the soul (O, how 
beautiful!) commands both admiration, respect, and deepest- 
rooted, enduring love — love that will last and grow broader, 
wider, deeper, and higher until death; and then wait inside the 
gates of heaven for the coming of loved ones, and the glorious 
and everlasting reunion. This unexpressibly glorious reunion, 
sure to be of the future most joyous events of life in heaven, is 
sufficiently assured by the teachings of Scripture. Such heavenly 
reunions are among the joys that God has in waiting for every one 
who flees from sin and prepares for heaven. 

But, to our subject : how different is that love (mere admira- 
tion) based on physical or material qualities! Such love may be 
likened to a sickly tree planted in scanty dirt on a barren, fruit- 



72 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

less ledge of rocks, vainly struggling for root hold, and liable to 
be blown away by the first storm. 

Notice the great advantage the fascinating qualities of the 
soul have over those qualities of material that fascinate for a short 
time, then fade. 

The fascinating qualities of the soul improve and grow more 
powerful; while those of material — of flesh and form — fade and 
wrinkle, and soon lose the power once possessed. 

Love is either good or bad, moral or immoral, partaking of 
the nature and character of its source — the soul. The Christian 
loves cleanliness, chastity, honor, morality, virtue, God, and his 
laws. He loves to entertain such thoughts, meditations, senti- 
ments, and principles as influence and govern his most conscien- 
tious Christian associates. 

The wicked loves things that are unclean, unchaste, dishonest, 
immoral, void of virtue, sensual, carnal, ungodly, and contrary to 
God's laws. He loves to entertain such thoughts, meditations, 
sentiments, and principles as influence and govern his wicked 
associates. 

Love never dies. No amount of bodily suffering or disease 
ever weakens love. The infirmities of old age, which sometimes 
impair and dim other faculties, seem to have no power over the 
affections of man, which, instead of weakening, grow stronger 
as the body decays. O wonderful, wonderful power of love! 

How to Merit and Command the Highest Respect. 

Respect that May be Crowned -with Love, and, 
if Desired, Matrimony. 

Respect is high or favorable estimation, regard, attention, 
consideration. 

Merit is that excellence of goodness which entitles one to 
respect, honor, and reward. 

To merit is to earn honor or reward, as the respect of neigh- 
bors, by active service — by good ways, manners, and deeds. 

All good people wish to be respected, and care more for 
the respect of the better classes. 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 73 

A person must be very low morally who does not desire the 
hearty respect of neighbors. 

Without merited respect, human life, viewed from a proper 
standpoint, is a failure. If one's highest ambition be to eat, drink, 
sleep, and accumulate property, he will care very little for the 
respect of his neighbors, and will merit almost no respect from 
people who best know him. 

The highest ambition of many people is to live to cat, and to 
accumulate material things; another numerous class have in view 
nothing higher than to seek for enjoyment in the fleeting, carnal 
pleasures and sports of the times, very many of which are con- 
demned, low, and sinful. All these are a vast multitude of people 
whose time and lives are wasted in the most selfish, unmeritori- 
ous, and sinful manner. 

All pure and noble lives (and there are many) have been pre- 
determined — chosen and decided on — before they were lived; and 
the men and women who have become known and loved by their 
pure, spotless, and noble lives, were meriting and commanding 
respect during their youthful years. 

The large majority of these pure, noble spirits were very 
poor, especially while young men and women, and had to struggle 
hard for living, clothing, books, and learning; but they were rich 
in love of personal honor, virtue, and morality, each of which they 
would have defended with their lives. They were most highly 
respectable, and entertained high respect for themselves, and had 
the honor, the virtue, and the courage to say, Hands off! 

The most reasonable, sensible thing for every person to do, 
is to choose and determine firmly on the sort of life he or she will 
live — decide whether in the future it shall be good, indifferent, 
or bad. And it is, of course, presupposed that every person 
of good sense will choose to live a pure, good, and useful life. 

But the mere choice of a good and pure life is not at all 
sufficient to build life's character on. Every one who looks for- 
ward with reasonable expectation of succeeding in living a moral 
and meritorious life, must have a standard measure of what is to be 
called moral and meritorious; in short, he must have a standard 
of right, else he will be sure to fail 



74 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

Every person starting out at any age or period in life to 
live right, must, of necessity, have a high moral standard measure- 
ment of character, and work to build his own character up to this 
standard. 

For this purpose there is on earth only one source of high 
moral measurement that is always to be found, and always abso- 
lutely correct, and this is the New Testament Scriptures. 

Let every soul, whether Christian or unchristian, first accept 
the moral law, as recorded in the New Testament, as his standard 
(or measure) of right, and with that standard observe and respect 
the following suggestions, and he and she will both merit and 
command the highest respect. 

I have not intended this as a religious article, but when I 
came to the point where I needed to direct attention to a suitable 
measure of right and wrong, I could think of none so good and 
perfect as that which I have named. 

Now, having explained the necessity of a correct measure 
of right — one that can be applied to all our thoughts and deeds — 
I proceed to direct attention to things which I know do detract 
from merit, and weaken and destroy respect. 

Having accepted the only correct measure of right, then 
avoid any undue familiarity among people; and observe suitable, 
genteel formality, as there are polite formalities which every per- 
son, even the members of your own family, have a right to expect 
you to observe. Be natural — not affected in company; do n't 
think of yourself, as to how you look or appear; do n't try to look 
pleasant; don't try to smile; don't try to put on a smiling face. 
Let your face be natural. It will be soon enough to smile, or 
laugh, when something laughable occurs. Do n't be thinking 
about yourself, but think of other people and things, as of what 
your company say, and of the answer that will be most suitable. 

When one's thoughts are on himself, or herself, a part at 
least of the power of the mind is drawn from intelligent consider- 
ations, and conversational power is weakened. 

Do n't acept compliments freely. Be warned against compli- 
ments. Do n't be so soft — so foolish — as to believe that they are 
sincere. Nineteen times out of twenty they come from a dishonest 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 75 

source, which women need to guard against. Nineteen so-called 
compliments ought to be quickly rejected as insinuating, or pre- 
sumptive of weakness on the part of the female. About all 
directly complimentary or flattering remarks ought to be con- 
sidered unfavorable, and promptly rejected by the lady as un- 
desirable. 

Presents ought to be politely refused. Most presents offered 
to women by the opposite sex ought to be refused as tending to 
establish thoughts and feelings of personal obligation. Of course, 
offers of presents from relatives, or from one lady to another, are 
not included. 

Bad or immoral company must be avoided and carefully 
shunned. No person can be well respected who associates with 
immoral persons. The highest standard of right says, "Come out 
from among them, and be ye separate" from the wicked. 

We have but little reason to suppose any woman or man 
better than her or his associate. Ten thousand times better be 
alone than in impure company. If lonely, get a good, moral 
book, that will improve your mind and feed your soul — something 
good and instructive. Remember, whatsoever you learn mentally, 
will become, as it were, a part of your soul; so read only moral — 
not impure — books. 

Nearly all joking, especially if untimely, or in the least degree 
unchaste, or tending to lead to an immoral thought, is sure to 
weaken or destroy respect. 

Either loud talk, or loud laughter, and loquacity or talkative- 
ness, are sure to reduce respect. Personal familiarity, and meddle- 
some, fondling hands, embracing arms, and caressing lips, destroy 
both respect and good character. 

Hands Off. 

Let every daughter and son be warned, and neither fondle 
nor allow fondling. 

No man or woman of any age after youth should either 
practice or allow hand familiarities. Every Miss or lady ought 
to resent any such familiarity as manifested in taking hold of, 
putting hands on, or handling her in any way, as highly improper 



76 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

and insulting, and immediately resent such conduct as not at all 

allowable. 

This meddlesome use of hands and arms is a manifestation 
of the animal nature — purely animal — calculated to gratify animal 
nature, and would be proper and natural among cats and dogs, 
monkeys and apes, but not proper with people possessing im- 
mortal souls that ought to be fitted for pure deeds and noble lives. 

Take this genteel warning, and make Hands Off! the iron- 
clad and unbreakable rule of your life. Take warning from one 
who has made the subject a study in all lights for years in search 
of the truth. Take warning if you wish to be both respectable 
and respected, and listen not to him who makes light of these facts 
while he seeks to deceive and degrade you — soul and body; but 
consider favorably these truths, and proctect your honor and 
virtue, and gain merited respect by this golden rule, Hands off, 
hands off! 

Meddlesome hands, and embracing, caressing lips, aided by 
the natural but misdirected human affections and lower passions, 
are the most effective, preceding means used by Satan and his 
agents to deceive, demoralize, seduce, and ruin both the young 
and the middle-aged. 

By this playful, sportive laying on of hands, taking hold, 
pulling, pushing, and scuffling, personal familiarity and freedom 
is established in a few hours, or a few days, that, under proper and 
genteel restraint, could not have been acquired in many years. 

This playful, sportive laying on of hands is the common 
gateway to improper personal familiarity and freedom which ex- 
cites and develops animal passions, which in turn become the 
doorway to seduction. 

Every intelligent person, after sufficient reflection and in- 
vestigation, will perceive the awfully evil tendency of meddle- 
some hands; and parents ought to teach their boys and girls at 
an early age — while very young — other methods of play and sport. 

It is right, and proper, and desirable that children and young 
folks have ''lots" of amusements and sport; but these must not be 
demoralizing. 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 77 

Supply these young people with harmless plays or games 
to be obtained at variety stores. There are many plays that are 
both harmless and instructive, some of which ought to be in 
every home. 

Cultivate a taste for mental enjoyments, as all these im- 
proper, meddlesome hand familiarities are the amusements that 
are most popular among the lowest and most animal-like people, 
and are largely practiced where there exists the smallest amount 
of moral, mental culture. 

Hands off, if you really wish to respect yourself, or to be 
highly respected. 

Let every Miss and woman regard the handling of her arms 
and body as an exclusive, personal right, and be bold and brave in 
asserting and defend the same as such, and especially against all 
male kind. 

It is a privilege which during single life belongs justly and 
solely to the maid, and to be shared only with the husband in 
married life; and if a woman has not the honor, love of virtue, 
and the courage to protect and defend these, her sacred rights, 
before marriage, how can man expect her to protect and defend 
them, as her husband's rights, after marriage? 

Take warning from one interested only for you and those 
whom he loves. I have two unmarried, young daughters — good 
girls — whom I love as much as my own life, and would not, for 
any price, advise wrongly, as they will read and be influenced by 
this writing. 

I tell you truthfully, that the man of any age, young or old, 
who having been allowed improper freedom with a girl or woman, 
does not respect her one-half so much as he would, had she said, 
in public and when alone, Hands off; and in ninety-nine cases out 
of one hundred will not marry her — courtship and promises being 
of no consequence. 

Men marry for possession; if, then, a girl or woman has al- 
ready given a man possession of her soul and body, he will not 
marry her, unless he be forced to. He may be as much to blame, 
as great a sinner, as she, but this fact will be no inducement for 



78 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

him to marry her — no, no inducement ; and he will not marry her ! 
But if he did, it would most likely be followed by an unhappy life. 

Respect — high, merited respect, is the foundation for endur- 
ing, yea, everlasting, love. But as respect is the foundation for 
love, it, too, must be founded in truth, virtue, and honor. 

There are none too poor to command respect and love; the 
poorest person in any community — poorest as to money and 
goods — may, if he or she so wills, be one of the richest in honor, 
morality, virtue, fidelity to pledges, and love of God and right- 
eousness, and be respected, loved, and, withal, have a crown of 
everlasting glory laid up in heaven, worth more than any man's 
millions of dollars! 

Evil Thoughts. 

Thought results from activity of the intellectual faculties 
of the soul. A thought may be the product of one's own soul, or 
an emanation from another spirit; or may be suggested by any- 
thing seen through the natural eye. Thought is what the soul 
feeds on. If the soul be fed on good, wholesome, moral thoughts, 
its character will be good; if on evil, immoral thoughts, its char- 
acter will be bad. 

The objection, therefore, to evil thoughts is that they, so far 
as entertained, mold bad character, by feeding evil to the soul. 

Evil thoughts, by corrupting and weakening the moral qual- 
ities of the soul, reduce its power to resist evil persons and in- 
fluences. Each and all evil thoughts are the work of Satan, either 
directly or through the evil nature that he has inflicted upon all 
mankind; or through his associate fallen angels; or, may be, sug- 
gested by his human agents. This is exactly and absolutely in 
harmony and accord with Scripture teaching. 

By careful, thoughtful study of one's own mind, and close 
attention to the different manner in which thoughts come and 
go, any person may discover that many of the evil thoughts come 
unbidden, uninvited, and more quickly than others, and seem to 
be instantaneously thrust into the soul, sometimes entirely inde- 
pendent of any thought already existing, and at other times seem 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 79 

to be thrust in ahead of, and adding to, thoughts already in the 
mind, as if to aid in completing a sentence. These sudden and 
uninvited evil thoughts may rightly be recognized as the direct 
work of Satan. 

The mind being the immortal spirit, Satan strives to corrupt 
it by thrusting in impure, immoral, wicked thoughts, knowing 
that if these be entertained, the work of corruption will be 
accomplished. And as an impure, corrupt soul is excluded from 
heaven, Satan rejoices in the work of corrupting minds, his object 
being to keep as many out of heaven as he can ! 

The entertaining of an evil thought of any sort is the closest 
possible spiritual association, fellowship, and communion with sin. 
This will explain why Satan neglects no favorable opportunity to 
thrust impure and evil thoughts upon every mind, as whosoever 
entertains one of these corrupts his soul and commits sin. 

All have heard it said that if Satan be resisted he will flee 
away. Now, the first and every time an evil thought appears, 
instantly thrust mentally at Satan, and the thought will go as 
quickly as it came — so quickly that you will not remember what 
it was, unless you follow it up, thus holding it, which would be 
equivalent to entertaining it. Every one must be careful not to 
do this. He will be likely to return soon, with the same or another 
evil thought, and must be instantly kicked out as before. He is 
persevering, and makes many attacks through human agencies — 
by men and women who are his agents — who in conversation place 
evil thoughts in the mind. It is the duty of every person deter- 
mined upon living a decent life to frown and rebuke any such 
agents, and to positively refuse to entertain for a second the evil 
thought proposed. 

It may be noticed that by an immediate mental thrust at 
Satan, as the author of every evil thought, they will go as quickly 
as they appear; and that you can not dismiss and drive away any 
ordinary thought of your own so quickly. 

Evil thoughts are suggested to everybody, even the purest; 
but if the will refuses to entertain them, there is no sin. Sin is in 
holding and fostering such thoughts. (See Matt, xv, 19, 20.) 

For the same reasons it is a sin to visit with and entertain 



80 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

immoral, wicked associates, or company, and is prohibited by- 
Scripture, which says, "Come out from among them and be 
separate." 

Martin Luther said: "A man can not keep the birds from 
flying over his head, but he can keep them from building nests 
in his hair." 

So of evil thoughts, a person may not be able to keep them 
from coming, but he can quickly and emphatically refuse to enter- 
tain any of them. 

One of the best means of avoiding evil, and of keeping off 
evil thoughts, is to have the mind occupied with good, clean, and 
useful thoughts. 

St. Paul gives the following good prescription for keeping 
off evil thoughts. He says : "Finally, brethren, whatsoever things 
are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, 
whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatso- 
ever things are of good report, . . . think on these things. 
(Phil, iv, 8.) 

St. Paul knew that while the soul is occupied with thoughts 
of things which are proper and good, there would be fewer oppor- 
tunities for evil thoughts. 

Remember, reader, that evil thoughts corrupt and weaken 
the moral sentiments of the soul, and strengthen the immoral; 
and, too, that what is lost in this way of moral strength, is gained 
in immoral strength. 

Surely this must be reason enough why every person at all 
disposed to be moral ought to make war — never ending war on 
evil thoughts — drive them out! "Blessed are the pure in heart." 
The word heart here means mind — the pure in mind. 

Angels— What They Are, Etc. 

Angel, from the Greek word Angeloi, signifying messenger. 
Angels are referred to many times in both the Old and the New 
Testament Scriptures, and are an order of spirit intelligences, or 
spirit beings, far superior to man in intelligence, spiritual influence, 
and power. They are commonly regarded as bodiless intelli- 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 8i 

gences; but in the Bible are ferquently represented as appearing 
to sight in human form, and speaking and acting as men. By 
this they are supposed to, and no doubt do, possess the power 
of assuming momentarily the corporeal or material form of exist- 
ence. The poet Nonnus, in Egypt in the fifth century, was the 
first to speak of angels as having wings. 

Angels were created long before men. The Apostle Peter 
(2 Peter ii, 4) represents them as being deeply interested in the 
unfolding of God's plan of salvation for mankind. Also Jude 6 
represents the rebellious angels (of whom Satan was the leader) 
as having lost their first estate long before the creation of man. 
But how long before the creation of man we do not know, per- 
haps thousands of years. It seems evident that they had been 
expelled from heaven before the time when Adam and Eve were 
placed in the Garden of Eden, else Satan would not have been 
there to deceive them. 

Angels appear in the Bible as the attendants of God, and 
especially as his messengers, and the medium of communication 
between him and men. 

Angels have been given a very prominent part in the world's 
providential history — in the history of God's affairs with men 
and women. God used angels as the ministrators of his law, as 
the heralds of the gospel, as the servants of the saints. (Heb. i, 
14.) Many of them swarmed about the small city in which was 
a prophet. (2 Kings vi, 17.) Two of them led Lot and his 
daughters out of Sodom just before its destruction. (Gen. xix, 
17.) They were sent to say to a childless wife: "Behold, now, 
thou art barren and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and 
bear a son." (Judges xiii, 3.) And still more remarkable and 
more important than all these, is the fact that an angel was sent 
from heaven to earth to tell the pure, spotless, virgin Mary that 
she would be overshadowed by the power of the Highest, and be 
the mother of the Son of God. (Luke i, 35.) 

Belief that individuals have their guardian angels, whose 
sympathy and help they enjoy, and who joy or grieve with their 
joys and griefs, was common both to the heathen and the Jews, 
and prevails among Christians, founded on Matthew xviii, 10; 

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82 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

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Luke xv, 7-10; and Acts xii, 15. Though belief in guardian 

angels has been cherished by many people in all ages, yet it has 
never been formally decided on as a matter of faith or belief by 
the Protestant Church. 

Good angels are sometimes called in Scripture "ministering 
spirits" (Heb. i, 14); and bad angels — devils — are often called 
"unclean spirits," "evil spirits," and "spirits of darkness." 

An unlimited, vast number of angels attended on Jesus from 
the time of his birth, and were at his command throughout his 
early life on to the ascension, and will accompany him at his second 
coming. 

Effect of Time on Belief in Historic Events. 

Needless mental uncertainty and doubts about things that 
are divinely prophesied, and as absolutely sure to come as the next 
Christmas, and that will be as real as any person's personal exist- 
ence, deprive and rob millions of people of desirable faith and 
hope that, to other millions of people, are the sources of their 
greatest and most enduring mental consolation, comfort, and joy. 

It seems that the more distant an occurrence is, whether 
past or future, the less disposed are we to believe that it ever did, 
or ever will, occur. This doubt and disbelief because of distance, 
past or future, is very unfortunate, as it keeps us from being fully 
benefited by the lessons taught in the occurrences of centuries 
ago, recorded in faithful history of long past events; and still 
more unfortunate as keeping people from accepting the Bible 
for what it really is, and from preparing for future occurrences 
sure to come. 

Because having occurred so long time ago, mind seems to 
be skeptical and doubting without any sufficient reason. So long 
as there are still living people who witnessed an event or occur- 
rence, we are disposed to believe; but when all eyewitnesses are 
dead, we are more and more disposed to doubt. 

If men were to live on this earth a few thousand years after 
the death of their parents, some would almost doubt that they 
ever were born ! 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 83 

The time of the occurrence of the great Rebellion against 
the United States Government and the assassination of Abraham 
Lincoln is rapidly receding and disappearing in the more and 
more distant past; and after ages and centuries come and go (if 
the world be so long continued), the masses of people will read 
with less and less interest, and more and more doubt, the still 
faithful and true historic records of the Rebellion, and the tragic 
assassination (by Booth) of Abraham Lincoln; and yet the reality 
of these occurrences, and the historic records of the same, will be 
no less true then than now. 

So of Biblical history, Isaiah clearly foretold as prophecy 
the coming and the crucifixion of Christ hundreds of years before 
he came. The New Testament clearly tells how Christ came, 
what he taught, and how he was put to death by crucifixion on 
the cross, particularizing that two thieves, one on each side, were 
put to death at the same time; that he died on the cross, was 
taken down after several hours, and buried; that after three days 
he arose from the dead, came forth from the tomb, and appeared 
to and talked with many persons; and after these occurrences his 
disciples saw him ascend and disappear in the clouds. 

These things were done openly, and witnessed by a multitude 
of people, who saw, knew, and fully believed that these were real 
occurrences. 

The facts were recorded in history then, substantially the 
same as recorded in our Bible of this the twentieth century, and 
have never been disproved in any way. It is the utmost care of 
historians to preserve facts. Our Bible now, after the lapse of two 
thousand years since Christ, expresses as clearly as possible the 
meaning of the original words as uttered by Christ and his 
apostles. 

But, unfortunately for some people, because these things 
occurred two thousand years ago, they allow themselves to be 
misled by the lapse of time, and are skeptical, doubting, and dis- 
believing. They doubt the reality of these all-important events, 
though fully recorded by faithful history at the time of their 
occurrence, and are as well and fully substantiated by history as 
occurrences which took place one hundred years ago. 



84 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

And as to the Bible prophecies, some people place the ful- 
fillment of these far, far in the future, and then doubt! 

The Bible is God's Book of history, law, and prophecy. The 
account of creation is history, as also some of the deeds of men 
are recorded as history, and condemned. And it contains God's 
laws designed to govern mankind; declares heaven to encour- 
age, and hell to discourage men from sin. As a prophecy it fore- 
tells of heaven, hell, the day of judgment, the coming of Christ in 
the clouds, the resurrection of all the dead, and the destruction of 
the world on the last day. 

Every man and woman ought to study the Scriptures until 
he and she comprehend that heaven and hell are places that exist 
and are as real as the world itself; and that after this life each will 
surely be in one or the other of these places. 

The coming of Christ and the resurrection of all the dead 
are events of the future, to be as much expected, though we be dead, 
as the coming of the time when we shall die; yea, as surely as the 
coming of the time when we shall eat another meal. Christ 
declares that the hour is coming when all the dead shall hear his 
voice, and come forth to be judged. And the day of judgment 
and of the destruction of this world by fire, are events of the future, 
absolutely certain to be witnessed by every soul that ever lived 
on this earth, as God has positively declared that these things 
shall occur and be real. 

Any measure less than full, rounded-up, hearty belief that 
these divinely foretold events are coming, and will be real occur- 
rences, deprives the mind of enduring ceaseless comforts and joys 
of anticipation, that are found in full and hearty belief that all these 
things will occur in fullest reality, and in preparing for them, as 
one would prepare for a long journey and a big entertainment. 

How to be Somebody of Importance. 

Somebody is an expressive term. When it is said of a per- 
son, he is somebody, or she is somebody, we readily understand 
that the expression has reference to the quality of the character 
of the person referred to. It is sometimes said of a trifling or 
immoral person, that he or she is nobody. 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 85 

It is the earnest desire of every right-minded person to be 
somebody of importance — to himself and others. 

Young man, young woman, to be somebody in your case, may 
mean to be a big farmer, a contractor, a successful merchant, a 
good lawyer, a skillful doctor, a congressman, a governor, or 
President of the United States. To the young woman it may 
mean the honored and greatly beloved wife of one of the above 
named gentlemen. Ah, it pays to be somebody! 

There is not one so poor that he or she can not be somebody, 
and highly respected by all, and loved by many; and is not the 
confidence and love of a husband or wife, and the respect and 
love of a community, better than gold? The love of Christian 
neighbors and friends will follow your soul to eternity; but not so 
either of money or property, as these belong to this world, while 
love belongs to both this and the next world. 

But before you can hope to have the highest respect and love 
of other people, you must first respect yourself, and be somebody 
to yourself before you can be so considered by your best neighbors. 

The moral foundation to somebody, or being somebody, is 
self-respect; and the foundation to self-respect is genuine respect- 
ability. 

Respect is regard for a person, based on the valuation of an 
individual's moral worth; nothing else than moral worth can com- 
mand and hold respect. A man places a valuation on his horse 
or mule for the price he will sell for, but does not respect the mule. 
So of a man entirely destitute of honor and respectability — of 
moral worth; he may hold his head up and value himself very 
highly for his intelligence, learning, or property worth; but pos- 
sessing no moral worth, he can not respect himself. Respect- 
ability begets respect. Self-respect is conceived and born of re- 
spectability, and possessed in controlling quantity only by persons 
who are highly moral and respectable. 

Men and women never become somebody in the estimation 
of good neighbors, until they first respect themselves, and become 
somebody in their own enlightened estimation. 

Every person of good sense is conscious of his good or bad 
personal character; and if it be good he will respect himself; but 



86 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

if it be bad he can not respect himself any more than he respects 
a neighbor of bad character. 

To be somebody of importance, attention must be directed 
to the culture of both the head and heart. By head is meant the 
mind in general; by Iwart is meant the affections and moral facul- 
ties of the mind. 

During youth and early life, appreciation of one's capacity 
for learning, and diligent application to the study of educational 
books and attention to moral instructions, will induce desirable 
self-respect. 

But the mind culture must include moral culture, else the 
person will not acquire a sufficient amount of self-respect to 
restrain him from evil. We mean by the above that the study of 
letters, words, spelling, reading, grammar, arithmetic, history, 
etc., cultivate the intellectual faculties and increase mental knowl- 
edge, but does not increase the student's love of honor, virtue, 
and right; nor does it incline him to oppose that which he knows 
to be wrong. There must be 

Moral Culture and Self-Respect. 

There are, as it were, two sides to the human mind or soul. 
On one are the purely intellectual faculties; on the other, the 
moral faculties, embracing the affections, honor, virtue, etc. All 
the common branches of school and college education cultivate 
only the intellectual side or faculties of the soul; wherefore, love 
of honor, and desire to do right and to oppose wrong, can be 
acquired and increased only by moral culture with such principles 
and teachings as are found in the New Testament Scriptures. 
This heart culture must be a part of the mental foundation of every 
somebody. All the love of honor and virtue possessed by any 
individual can be traced to heart or moral culture. Heart or 
moral culture brings love of honor, virtue, and respectability, and 
these bring controlling self-respect. 

As the genuine respectability of a neighbor will largely 
govern your actions toward or affecting him, so, too, self-respect, 
founded on your own genuine respectability, will largely govern 
your actions affecting yourself. 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 87 

Respect will keep a person from telling a vulgar story or 
swearing in the presence of the respected; and self-respect, likewise, 
will keep a person from telling a vulgar story or swearing in the 
presence of himself or anybody else. Thus respectability and self- 
respect keep people from evil. No amount of education, leaving 
out moral culture, will make a man or woman any the more hon- 
orable, moral, or virtuous. Such education makes polite, cunning, 
foxy, and sharp, but dishonest, immoral, selfish, and heartless 
men and women unworthy the respect, confidence, and love of 
anybody. 

Any man or woman who desires to be somebody of im- 
portance must shun 

Bad Company. 

Every person who wishes to be somebody must depart from 
and keep out of bad company. 

I well remember hearing a woman thirty years ago say, "I '11 
never give up old friends for new.'" She had always had immoral, 
carnal-minded associates, whom she called friends. Her moral 
faculties were never cultivated; hence, in her estimation, morality 
is but little or no better than immorality. She has not forsaken 
her old friends, as birds of a feather will flock together, and she 
will, no doubt, keep company with some of her so-called friends 
in Hades. 

Every immoral associate, though he be esteemed a friend, is, 
in fact, a positive enemy, and there is absolutely no hope of reform 
of any person who will not give up immoral friends (so-called) 
for new and better ones. The highest and best standard of right 
says, "Come out from among them [the immoral], and be ye 
separate." You will not be much better than your associates. 

Novels and Fiction. 

The reading of a novel is the closest spiritual association 
with the spirit of its author, and the influence usually bad. 

Avoid reading novels and fiction. Why read a novel, fable, 
or an untrue story while there are thousands of books of valuable 



88 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

biography and historic literature — of important lives and facts 
that you have not read? Truth is better than fable! 

Value of Time. 

If one wishes to be somebody, time must not be wasted. Every 
hour spent at the card-table, or the billiard-table, or at baseball, 
or the dance, or in other profitless ways, is a lost opportunity — and 
a wasted hour, during which a moral or useful lesson could have 
been obtained from a good book, that would have made the reader 
wiser and better all through lifetime, and on and on in eternity. 

None of the thousands who have been distinguished by noble 
and useful lives would ever have been known to the world had 
they wasted time in any such ways as above. 

One hour each day in one year amounts to sixty days of six 
hours each, which is the length of the student's school-day. Only 
half an hour a day gives one thirty days' schooling in one year. 

No young person of good common sense needs to remain 
ignorant when one hour each day amounts to sixty school-days 
in one year. 

The greatest scholarship is made up of little acquisitions — 
by learning but one little thing at a time; the whole scholarship 
being acquired as a child learns the A-B-C's, one letter at a time. 
Young man, young woman, grasp these facts mentally, and work 
to be somebody of consequence, and, with self-respect, you will 
not fail. 

Buy a good dictionary and study words — their correct spell- 
ing, pronunciation, and exact meaning. This will be an important 
foundation study, and of very great value and every-day use as 
long as you live. Write words that you wish to study in a blank 
book, and carry it in your pocket for convenient study. 

The Satanic Tyrant, Pride. 

Pride is a mental tyrant, and one of Satan's most powerful 
means of preventing young men and women becoming somebody. 
Satan himself is the father of pride. He was expelled from heaven 
on account of his pride. It is said in Proverbs, that God hates 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 89 

a proud spirit. Pride is an awful, awful mental tyrant that needs 
to be feared and fought by every young man and woman who 
really wishes to be somebody. Even the great Apostle Paul him- 
self was afraid of pride. 

Pride, if not timely and carefully restrained, will soon subdue, 
dethrone, and enslave reason, and become the governing power 
over the soul. Millions of people are the slaves of the Satanic 
tyrant pride; their better reason having lost control, they are 
governed in nearly all their purchases — in buying — and in most 
things that they do, by pride. It makes millions of people mis- 
erably unhappy, because they are financially unable to gratify their 
pride, and leads millions into immoral and awfully sinful lives 
and down to Hades. 

When a lady does not feel as comfortable and happy in a 
neatly made and nicely fitting calico dress, as when clothed in more 
expensive goods, reason has lost control, and she is being gov- 
erned and made unhappy by pride. 

She ought to know that it is the soul — the invisible spirit 
being within — that by well-chosen and expressive words makes 
itself felt mentally, and is the source of all fascinating power. Let 
every lady and gentleman know, too, that good and superior 
qualities of head and heart attract more notice and more favorable 
attention in cheap than in costly dresses. 

Ah ! young woman, be governed in all things by your better 
judgment, remembering that every man of good sense knows that 
all intelligence, honor, virtue, and love belong to the soul, and not 
to silks, satins, and fine clothing! 

Judge Everybody. 

To be somebody you must judge everybody in whom you 
are concerned. I warn the reader against persons who quote, 
"Judge not, that ye be not judged," having noticed for years that 
the wicked entertain special regard for that Scripture, but never 
quote the other Scripture which says, "Judge not according to 
appearance, but judge righteous judgment." (John vii, 24.) 

The reason why the immoral, dishonest, and wicked quote, 
"Judge not, that ye be not judged," is because they do not like 



90 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

to be judged at all by their neighbors, and entertain no love for 
the sentiment expressed in the words, "but judge righteous judg- 
ment." 

"Judge not according to appearance," has reference to cloth- 
ing. We are not to judge the character of a person's soul by the 
clothing worn. 

"Judge not, that ye be not judged," means that we are not 
to judge and condemn on mere and unfounded suspicion, without 
any evidence, as this would be unrighteous judgment. 

We are also commanded in the New Testament thus, "Come 
out from among them [the wicked], and be ye separate." No 
person can obey this excellent Biblical commandment without 
judging persons almost every hour. We must not give any person 
our confidence until we see him engaged in a sinful deed; but 
ought to withhold it until he first merits our respect and moral 
confidence. There is no such thing as a pre-existing right to 
moral confidence. 

We must judge a man by his words, as "from the abundance 
of the heart the tongue speaketh." Words and remarks which 
express unchristian sentiments and principles comdemn the speaker, 
whether he be Christian or not. And as the wicked often use 
words expressing Christian sentiment for the purpose of deceiv- 
ing, but never use words expressing unchristian sentiment to 
deceive, therefore one word expressing bad, immoral, or unchris- 
tian sentiment must be taken as counting more against the char- 
acter of a speaker, than fifty good words count for him. This is 
true, because when the dishonest and immoral seek to deceive 
they guard against the use of words that would expose their bad 
character; but being accustomed to saying things that are uncom- 
plimentary to reformers and Christian workers, and contrary to 
Christian principles, they occasionally expose, by some remark, 
their badness. A really good and moral person uses no words 
that express sentiments that do not agree and harmonize with 
sound Scripture doctrine. While each word denoting or express- 
ing Christian sentiment counts for the speaker, yet words denot- 
ing or expressing antichristian or unchristian sentiment count 
more rapidly against the speaker, as stated above. 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 91 

To be somebody you must possess and protect a good moral 
character, and defend it as boldly and bravely as you would your 
life. You must judge the character of every person who seeks to 
associate with you. Measure his words, deeds, and sentiments by 
the Higher Law standard of right, and if these do not measure 
out right, association must be refused. And do not allow any one 
to impose acquaintance, as an introduction at a party or on any 
occasion does not entitle any person to extend and continue the 
brief acquaintance; 

Be Not Deceived by Formal Politeness. 

Be not deceived by any man's formal and genteel politeness. 
We have noticed for years that many men of awfully immoral and 
bad character are very polite to ladies on the streets and at social 
gatherings. Men absolutely destitute of morality and entirely 
unfit to associate with any decent woman, often display as much 
or more formal politeness than the genuine gentleman. Be polite, 
it is desirable and costs little; but be not deceived by outward 
politeness, but study the character of the invisible soul within the 
skull. Politeness belongs to the purely intellectual, not the moral 
side of education, hence is no evidence of morality or honor. 

Manly Reform. 

If you have a bad habit, reform. Do n't use tobacco, cigars, 
or cigarettes. If you are doing so, give your acquaintance and 
associates a beautiful example of true, genuine manhood by de- 
nouncing and discontinuing the expensive, filthy, degrading habit 
forever. Why continue an expensive habit which no intelligent 
man on earth recommends? Why waste money to support a de- 
grading habit? Why do that which you would consider a bad 
example by preachers of the gospel? The writer, though having 
spent many years in the mercantile business, has never yet used 
a cent's worth of tobacco, and would not listen to the preaching 
of the gospel by a man whom he had seen on the street smoking 
a cigar. 

Tobacco, cigars, and beer have cost thousands of homeless 



92 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

men money enough to buy their families comfortable homes. 
Come, young man, show your mental manhood in putting away 
tobacco (and beer) for ever and ever. Your mouth was never 
designed for a smokehouse ! No ! never ! 

Only Five Cents a Day. 

Five cents a day amounts to eighteen dollars and twenty-five 
cents in one year — enough to buy two suits of clothing; or, other- 
wise invested, could easily increase to twenty-five or thirty dol- 
lars in one year's time. Five cents a day invested in books 
will amount to an $18.25 library in one short year. Five to ten 
cents a day squandered for beer and tobacco, or in any other 
wasteful way, would keep a family of five or six persons fairly 
well supplied with shoes. 

The time to save a nickel, a dime, or a dollar, is when you 
have one either in your possession or at your command. Nearly 
all men who have accumulated fortunes began by saving pennies, 
and the young man or woman who will not save pennies, nickels, 
and dimes is not likely ever to save many dollars. 

If you have not done so, read the article on "How to Com- 
mand Respect," etc., and work to be somebody of importance. 

Salvation by Contract. 

Probably every person of intelligence, and old enough to 
know what is right and wrong, has committed sin by the actual 
violation of some one or another of God's laws, and is already 
condemned, but not punished, as God defers (puts off) punishment 
until after the death of the body, thus giving every sinner his and 
her entire earthly lifetime in which to repent and seek pardon. 
In the case that Divine pardon shall not have been obtained, the 
impenitent, wicked soul may expect to hear Christ, who is the 
Judge of all mankind, say : "Depart from me, ye cursed, into ever- 
lasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels; and these shall 
go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life 
eternal/' (Matt, xxv, 41-46.) 

Salvation is escape from deserved punishment merited by 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 93 

violating God's laws, and can be obtained only by a business-like 
contract with Christ the Savior. 

If one really desires a piece of property that he is able to 
own, he goes and contracts for it, and then proceeds to comply 
with the contract terms. Neglect to contract would have left 
him without the desired property. Exactly so, too, of salvation. 
If desired, it must be contracted for; no person will ever be saved 
from the consequences of sin and get to heaven, except by a con- 
tract reasonably fulfilled. 

Jesus Christ, God's Son, is the Savior, and the only source 
of hope of salvation. All authority over mankind having been 
merited by Christ's sacrifice and suffering on the cross, he alone 
has authority to name the conditions of salvation, which he has 
done in the New Testament Scriptures, where the law of pardon 
is fully stated. 

In this New Testament all the Divine laws affecting us are 
published. In it we are plainly told what is wrong, and what we 
may do, and what we must not do. On the one hand, we are en- 
couraged to keep God's commandments by the promise of com- 
forts here and great rewards in heaven; and on the other hand, 
the penalty for the violation of God's law and commandments is 
declared to be everlasting punishment in hell. 

Any person can be immediately saved by intelligent mental 
action. Repent and pray, as millions have done. 

The Contract. 

Christ is the party of the first part; and any penitent man, 
woman, boy, or girl may be the party of the second part. The 
party of the first part covenants and agrees (in the New Testa- 
ment) that for and in consideration of the voluntary repentance 
of sin, public confession of faith in the party of the first part as 
the Divine Savior, and baptism of water, he will forgive the sins 
of the party of the second part to date; and also promises to aid 
the pardoned in keeping his commandments, by the helpful influ- 
ence of the Holy Ghost. 

The party of the second part reads and heartily accepts all the 
terms — by repenting of sin; by belief and faith in Christ as the Son 



94 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

of God and Savior; by being baptized in water; and by public 
confession of faith; and by turning away from all sins and sinful 
associates. This fully completes the contract, and secures Divine 
pardon of all the sins of the party of the second part to date. The 
contract is for life, however, and the party of the second part 
must serve Christ during life. 

Behold, reader, Christ has already proclaimed the only terms 
of salvation; and guaranteed with his human life on the cross, and 
by his resurrection, that he will save every soul that accepts his 
terms, hence it is now time for the unsaved to act. 

The contract, on the part of the party of the second part, re- 
quires both faith and works. But the works are all to your own 
eternal advantage; and the faith no greater than we often place 
in men. As when a business man in considering the probabilities 
of the future perceives that he will need to borrow a large 
sum of money to enable him to carry out a certain business 
project, he goes to a banker in whom he has confidence, and 

says : "Mr. , I wish to do so and so, and will need to borrow 

about $ (stating the amount) in sixty or ninety days ; will you 

let me have it then?" Banker: "Yes, sir. I know no reason why 
I can not do so." The business man knows that the banker is 
able financially, and that he is truthful, honorable, and reliable. 
So by faith in man (though not always justifiable) he goes about 
his business, pushing on with renewed energy, never doubting 
that the money will be ready when he needs it. 

Why not trust Christ, who gave his life and rose from the 
dead to give every person a chance of salvation, as far as you 
trust men? 

Christ has promised pardon and salvation to every one who 
accepts his terms, and strives to fulfill the conditions of the con- 
tract. Every sound conversion is a full and lawful acceptance 
of God's terms, and establishes between God and the converted 
a divinely legal contract for pardon and spiritual aid in living a 
devoted Christian life. 

A contract with Christ for salvation implies a case of con- 
version, as the party of the second part is converted. Read the 
article, "Conversion, What It Is." 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 95 

A Violated Contract. 

As A contract for salvation binds the party of the second part 
to the service of Christ for life; and as the service of Christ is a 
warfare and fight against Satan and all evil, he may some time be 
so tempted and overcome as to violate the sacred contract and 
displease the party of the first part, as conversion does not make 
any person superhuman. Let us now suppose that a party of 
the second part contracts to build a large house or mansion for a 
party of the first part, and that in the contract are many specifi- 
cations, some of which are violated, and the party of the first part 
is displeased. The party of the second part goes immediately to 
the party of the first part and confesses his wrong, begs pardon, 
and promises to pay close attention to the contract, and is par- 
doned. Perceive, the party of the second part acted wisely in 
going to the party of the first part, and assuring him that he would 
do right. 

Another man in going upstairs stumbled and fell, but he 
quickly got up and started again, going on and on up to his desti- 
nation. Perceive, he acted wisely in trying again. 

And so it must be in the case you violate the sacred contract 
with Christ. He will be displeased, and you must be both willing 
and anxious to do right, and repent immediately, and go to him 
in prayer confessing your sin, promising to do right, and begging 
for pardon; thus getting up when you stumble, and starting on up, 
each succeeding time with renewed determination and greater 
effort than ever before. Perceive, you will act wisely, and please 
Christ in so doing. 

Having signed, in your soul, the sacred contract binding you 
to serve Christ, you are one of his, and he will pardon as a father 
would pardon a sorrowful and penitent child. 

A membership and active interest in any one of God's 
Churches will aid any person in keeping the sacred contract. 

The Holy Ghost, 

The office of the Holy Ghost is believed to be to awaken men 
to their sinful and lost condition — that a man is brought to a con- 



g6 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

sciousness of his sinful condition by the Holy Spirit (or Ghost) as 
agent, and the Word of God — the New Testament — whether 
preached or read, as the instrument. 

All the work of God, Christ, and the Holy Ghost belongs 
to the party of the first part, and must not concern man, who 
needs only to attend to his own part of the contract. The work 
of the Holy Ghost has never yet hindered any person becoming- 
a Christian. No, never ! His good influence is felt by the wicked, 
but it is only persuasive, never forcing any person against his 
or her own free will. A person must act for himself and enter 
into the contract, else he will never be saved. 

There can be no silent, sly, sneaking service of Christ. "Ye 
are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servants whom I have 
chosen." (Isa. xliii, 10.) "Whosoever therefore shall confess me 
before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in 
heaven." "But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I 
also deny before my Father which is in heaven." (Matt, x, 
32, 33-) 

Paradise, 

Paradise, as now used, signifies heaven. The original mean- 
ing of this word signifies a place inclosed for pleasure and delight. 
The Greek translators of the Old Testament, when speaking of 
the garden of Eden which God planted, and in which he placed 
Adam and Eve, make use of the word paradise; and there are 
three places in the Hebrew text of the Old Testament where this 
word is found, as in Neh. ii, 8; Cant, iv, 13; and in Eccl. ii, 5. 

The Bible uses the term in a double sense — first, for the 
garden of Eden; and, second, for the abode of the redeemed and 
blessed in heaven. Thus in the Old Testament, paradise means 
the garden of Eden; but in the New Testament is used as another 
word for heaven, as by the Apostle Paul in 2 Cor. xii, 4; and in 
the Apocalypse, ii, 7; and by our Lord, when in his agony on the 
sacred cross he pardoned the penitent robber. The Scripture 
says: "And when they were come to the place which is called 
Calvary, there they crucified him and the malefactors, one on the 
right hand, and the other on the left. And one of the malefactors 



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[robbers] which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be 
Christ, save thyself and us. But the other answered, and rebuk- 
ing him, said, Doest not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the 
same condemnation? And we indeed justly, for we receive the 
due reward of our deeds : but this man hath done nothing amiss. 
And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest 
into thy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto 
thee, to-day shalt thou be with me in paradise." (Luke xxiii, 
33, 39-43.) The general opinion in the Protestant Church is that 
Christ meant that himself and he whom He had just then par- 
doned, would be in heaven that very same day. 

How God Answers Prayer. 

It is absolutely known that God answers some prayers by 
dreams in sleep. At one time when a man had repented of a sin 
and continued to pray for pardon, his prayers were anszvered in 
an unmistakable vision during sleep. The dream represented the 
penitent as being in a lonely place unknown to him, down by the 
water's edge of a river, with a high, steep bank close by, and a 
high board fence along the summit or top of the bank, and a long 
covered bridge spanning the river a few hundred yards off. It 
appeared to be an old bridge that had been broken and completely 
repaired. The repaired part or section was all new, and of bright, 
new lumber. Next he noticed that near where he stood was a 
convenient pathway, and steps leading up the steep bank to a 
gate that opened into a public road leading to the repaired bridge. 
He awoke, and the first and immediate thought instantly im- 
pressed him that this vision was the unmistakable answer to his 
repeated prayers for divine pardon. 

He had never considered how he would know when his 
prayers were answered, nor thought for a second as to what 
would be God's method of answering. That God used a dream 
to show and convince the man that his prayer was granted, there 
can be no reasonable doubt. The pathway, the steps, the gate, 
the public road, the perfectly repaired bridge, and the immediate 
and decisive conviction of his mind that this was the answer to his 
prayers, ought to be accepted as the work of God. 

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98 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

The repaired bridge represented that by prayer and pardon 
the break which sin had made in God's law was repaired, and that 
the pardoned penitent ought to go up out of the valley of sorrow 
and doubt, into the highway of life and duty. 

By a little study of the above vision, the wisdom of God will 
be manifest in it. Notice, there was not a word spoken nor a 
person seen. 

In another case, a man who was annoyed on the Sabbath by 
worldly and evil thoughts when he desired to listen to a sermon, 
prayed God for relief from all improper and unchristian thoughts. 
When asleep he heard three words, "There 's a fight," and, look- 
ing across some vacant lots or an open field, he saw what appeared 
to be a fierce struggle under a large-sized, lightish-gray bed-sheet. 
It was disturbed and tossed as though there were two persons in 
a struggle under it; and there appeared several black spots on 
the sheet; and these moved about, lower, higher, and lower, on 
the sheet. He awoke out of this dream, with the thought im- 
pressed upon his mind that this was a complete answer to his 
prayer, and has never doubted it for a second. 

The struggle below the sheet represented the struggle that is 
going on between every Christian person and Satan. The black 
spots represent Satan. The answer assured this man that the life 
of the true Christian is a struggle against Satan and evil thoughts, 
and that he must continue to fight them as the work of Satan. 
God, in his answer, said, "There 's a fight," and the New Testa- 
ment tells us that, he that endureth to the end shall be saved. 

Do you, reader, know of any person who can not afford to 
fight Satan and all evil through this life, if it be not longer than 
one or two hundred years, for the peace and joy of millions of years 
in heaven? 

Dreams sometimes foretell something that is going to hap- 
pen. A few months ago the author saw a vision in a dream, and 
heard five words — This is tlie turning ground — and told his two 
daughters in the morning that there was going to be a death 
soon in a brother-in-law's family. I went away from my daugh- 
ters that day. After a week or ten days I received a letter from 



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one of my daughters, informing me of the death of the wife of a 
brother-in-law. 

At the time of the dream I had no knowledge whatever to 
cause me to anticipate a death; and when I was informed who 
had died, I could quite easily interpret the dream. It seems to 
have been prophetic. 

The Bible speaks of dreams as being sometimes prophetic 
or suggestive of future events. There have been many people in 
all ages who believed in dreams, especially as foretelling events. 

There is ample, abundant reason to believe that God warns 
people in dreams against the continuance of their sins; and that 
it is a convenient method of answering prayer. 

But do not allow ordinary dreams to disturb your peace of 
mind so long as you are pure and good. Better never to recall 
a dream; millions of them have no meaning of consequence. But 
be warned when God warns. See article entitled, "Dreams." 

No doubt God answers many prayers in other ways that I 
have not intended to consider here. 

The Glorious Reunion Up There. 

A reunion is a coming together after a separation. There 
must be a separation first before a reunion can occur. 

Do you, reader, fully and keenly realize that preparation is 
going on for a reunion of your family up there? 

Homes on earth disappear rapidly, and are reorganized and 
established forever in one or the other of the future states. We 
talk of home here; love home, even though it be one of poverty 
and toil, yet it is home. We pray God to bless our home. 

Our children marry and make new homes, and love, hope, 
and expectations fill their young souls. 

We have family reunions, and try to be happy. But in a few 
years — a short time — we depart from this world, and our loved 
homes are broken up, and our houses and mansions are occupied 
by other people. 

And yet a little while — a very few years — our married chil- 
dren have grown old, and their cherished and loved earthly homes 



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ioo Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

will disappear forever from the face of ihis earth. But Christ says : 
"In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I 
would have told you." This is authority enough for believing 
that in heaven there will be mansions and homes for all the re- 
deemed of mankind. 

The death and burial of a precious relative, or a friend, is a 
preparation for reunion in one of the many mansions above. If 
our dear ones did not depart from us, nor we from them, a re- 
union could never be effected. When the soul of that precious 
child — son or daughter — departed from earth, and you laid the 
body away in the grave, did you realize that it was a necessary 
preparation for a glorious reunion up there? And when you laid 
to rest the body of father, mother, brother, sister, or other rela- 
tion or friend, did you feel keenly that it was a foregoing prepa- 
ration for the endless reunion up there? 

Do you know, as every one should, that this separation de- 
stroys no cherished memories, no affections, and no love? Are 
you conscious, as everybody ought to be, that the minds and 
memories of dear ones in heaven are clearer and brighter than 
ever they were on earth, and that their affections, love, and 
knowledge are increasing along with heavenly progression? And 
that, in perfect accord and harmony with the will of their Savior, 
they anticipate the reunion, and await your coming? 

There are millions of chains of never-dying love closely con- 
necting millions of spirits of mankind in heaven and on earth, 
awaiting for reunion up there. 

In heaven there will be another, and another, and still an- 
other reunion, as often as a redeemed soul departs from earth to 
heaven ! 

Our dear ones that have gone on before, O how they would 
urge us to work for heaven, if they could! Though they think 
of us, they can not come to us, but we can go to them. Imagine 
father, mother, brother, sister, and other relations, and friends, 
how the souls of the redeemed would persuade us, if they could, 
to persevere, to strive to join them in an endless reunion up there. 
The last effort and words on earth of many, was a request to be 
joined in a reunion up there! 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. ioi 

Who Will be There. 

In contemplating whom we will see up there, let us think 
first of Him who made it possible for us to be there — the blessed 
Lord and Savior. He will be there, and to see our Redeemer, 
Jesus, face to face would make any occasion one of supreme 
reverence, love, adoration, and delight. And, too, God the Father 
who gave his Son to save us, will be there. 

And at the reunion there may be a father, mother, son, 
daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, cousin, nephew, niece, or 
several of some of same relation; and there may be brothers and 
sisters who, having died in infancy, have been almost forgotten, 
or never before seen by brothers and sisters. 

And there may be granddaughters and grandsons; and there 
will be seen in heaven scores of souls that were our schoolmates 
and associates in youthful days, and others that were our friends 
in recent years. 

The family reunion is to be a period of supreme delight. 
Some of the happy thoughts of the glorious occasion will be that 
it is everlasting; that no evil, no sin, no sickness, no pain, nor 
death can ever again disturb our joy or cause us sorrow, and that 
the reunion is to be everlasting. 

The joy, delight, and felicity of the first hours of this most 
delightful occasion will more than compensate for all the weeks, 
or months, or years of sickness, pain, and sorrow preceding our 
departure from earth; and there will be more joy in one year there, 
than in one hundred down here. 

And at many, many of the reunions up there will be souls 
who on earth were connected with the bodies of poor, toiling, 
homeless washerwomen, wood-sawyers, common toilers, and serv- 
ants at the homes of the rich, who would not exchange places 
with their former employers, nor the joys of one year in heaven 
for all the thousands or millions any man is supposed to be worth 
down here. 

There will be, O so many reunions up there of souls who 
were buried by friends in extreme poverty in ground donated for 
the burial of the poor, who would not, if they could, exchange 



102 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

their family reunion and new estate up there for all the wealth 
and all the glory of the "whole world." 

All former personal disagreements will disappear in an in- 
stant up there, seeing that all are in harmony with God. 

Rejoice, O ye poor, rejoice if your heart be pure and in har- 
mony with the will and the law of God; yea, rejoice! rejoice! for 
though your body be buried in a potter's Held, and no attractive, 
costly marble monument announces your name and place of burial, 
yet your everlasting reunion up there with as many members of 
your family as are in harmony with God, is worth more than all 
the silver, gold, diamonds, and short-time joys of the whole world. 

And now, in conclusion, I declare that the things affirmed 
in this book are based on the authority of God, as recorded in 
the Holy Bible, fully justifying belief, wherefore let us turn our 
hearts and hands to the service of God, and be ready, waiting, 
when the heavenly messenger — an angel — comes to escort our 
soul to the glorious reunion that will be prepared and awaiting our 
arrival up there. 

Sleep of Plants Proclaims Wisdom of the Creator. 

Many leaves and flowers change their positions at night-fall, 
or when placed in a darkened room. This changed nightly con- 
dition is called sleep of plants, or vegetative rest. 

The hours of sleep of plants are periodical, but not in all 
cases nocturnal, as some open and close their blossoms at cer- 
tain hours of each day — when rest is needful, or for protection 
against excessive heat, or over-stimulation. The crocuses open 
in the morning, and close soon after noonday. 

Light is a powerful stimulant to plants, and necessary to 
their healthful condition and growth. When night comes, even 
the leaves of many plants (as of some sorrels, the sensitive plant, 
and clovers) incline to fold up, leaf-stalks generally droop or hang 
lower down; and the blossoms, as of species of portulaca, sorrels, 
and the dandelions, etc., close at night and open in the morning. 

But there are exceptions — some flowers are closed during the 
day, and open in the evening. Still other plants open their flowers 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 103 

only in the evening or during night-time, these latter having 
been designed to vegetate and flourish in the dark and in the 
cooler and damper air of night. 

The vegetative sleep or rest of plants is, no doubt, necessary 
to the health of the plant. 

Nothing happens without a preceding cause. All remarkable 
things were planned by the Creator, and are evidences and abun- 
dant proof of his existence, presence, and wisdom. 

Every periodical movement of a plant is designed and has 
its use, as the closing of flowers in the evening and opening in 
the morning is for their protection — the folded petals protect the 
stamens and other sensitive parts from excessive heat, cold, and 
wet; and the falling or drooping and rising of plant leaves are for 
the same purpose — for protection. 

Thus not only the mechanism and matchless beauty of flowers 
and leaves, but also their periodical movements, are living evi- 
dences and proof of God, and of his wonderful, marvelous creative 
wisdom and power. 

Personality of God, Christ, and Holy Ghost. 

The Bible teaches both that God is a Spirit and a person. 
It says : "And the Lord appeared to Solomon by night, and said 
unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to 
myself for an house of sacrifice. If I shut up heaven that there 
be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or 
if I send pestilence among my people, if my people which are 
called by my name, shall humble themselves and pray and seek 
my face, and turn from their ways, then will I hear from heaven, 
and forgive their sin, and will heal their land. Now mine eyes 
shall be open, and mine ears attend unto the prayer that is made 
in this place." (2 Chronicles vii, 12.) And when Solomon dedi- 
cated the Temple at Jerusalem he prayed, "Hear thou in heaven, 
thy dwelling-place" In these passages of Scripture, as also in 
many, many others, the personality of God is clearly taught. 
Analyze the language, beginning with the personal pronoun "I," 
"myself," "if I," "my people," "my name," "my face," "then will 
I hear from heaven," "mine eyes," "mine ears." 



104 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

All these words represent that God is a person, and located — 
having a dwelling-place in heaven. The idea that God is an im- 
personal and unlocated Spirit and, as Satan would like to have us 
believe, in one place as much as another, is a very wrong and 
damaging conception of our Creator. 

God, in communicating with men, locates himself in heaven. 
While it is true that God has power to see and hear a person 
anywhere and from everywhere, yet he is located. It is by un- 
limited power God sees and hears everywhere. 

The great evangelist and man of God, Moody, said in a 
sermon at Cleveland, Ohio : "To be sure we say that God is here 
with his Spirit, the same as we say the sun has been shining in 
Cleveland; but the astronomers tell us the sun is ninety-five 
millions of miles away. So we must bear in mind that God is a 
person, and if he is a person he must have a dwelling-place.'" 

And what I have said of the personality of God the Father, 
is also true of the Son — Christ the Lord and Savior. He, too, is 
a person, and his dwelling-place is at the right hand of the Father 
in heaven. 

The Holy Ghost, too, is a person to whom the Scriptures 
ascribe personality. Thus in baptism the believer is baptized in 
the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. 

The Holy Ghost, or Holy Spirit, is now here on earth, to 
convict us — to make us conscious of our sins. The Holy Spirit 
came down after Christ returned to heaven, and every man and 
woman and child can believe and be saved if they will to. 

The Trinity. 

The Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost constitute what is 
called the Trinity, or Godhead, and are to be worshiped as one 
God. The Scriptures teach that there is one person of the Father, 
another of the Son, and another of the Holy Ghost; and that 
these three are only one God, though each is equal in power and 
glory, and co-equal in majesty, and that these three are one true 
and eternal God, the same in substance, but three persons as to 
individuality. 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 105 

In meditating the doctrine of the Trinity, or three in one, I 
always think of the several departments of men and work that 
constitute one Government, as that of the United States; and of 
three men, each having special work, but equal in interest and 
power, and the three constituting one business firm. 

Let us be not troubled about the Trinity, as God will surely 
take care of all that belongs to the Godhead. 

A prayer addressed to "our Father which art in heaven" is 
to all, as one Triune God. 

Let every person who desires to be saved stand up boldly for 
that God, and all will be well. 

Is the Soul Buried with the Body in the Grave? 

There is a class of people called soul-sleepers, who say that 
the soul becomes unconscious when the body dies, and sleeps until 
the general resurrection of all the dead at the end of the world. 

I know of one text way back in the Old Testament, on which 
the soul-sleeper chiefly bases his doctrine. It says: "The dead 
know nothing; no, nothing. ,, This is, of course, true of the 
physical body of the dead. 

But we are living under Christ and the laws of the New 
Testament, and under no law of the Old Testament, except so 
much as Christ re-enforced in his teachings. 

Christ's teachings and last prayer ought to dispose of the 
idea that the souls of the redeemed sleep until the day of judgment. 
Christ's last prayer, while here with his disciples, would put a stop 
to soul-sleeping if it had been the rule before that prayer, so far 
at least as concerns the souls pardoned and saved since Christ's 
advent to earth. Christ in his last prayer with his disciples 
prayed : "Father, I will that they also whom thou hast given me 
be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which 
thou hast given me." (John xvii, 4.) Surely Christ's prayer is 
being answered. Christ also said : "If any man serve me let him 
follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be." If 
the soul were buried in the grave along with the body, it would 
not be with Christ and beholding his glory; they could not behold 
(see) if asleep in graves. 



106 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

Conversion means eternal life, and this is what the Bible 
teaches — "He that believeth on the Son hath life" — now. The 
Scripture does not say that the converted will receive eternal life 
when he dies, nor at the general resurrection; but, "He that 
believeth on the Son hath life;" this means now. 

And if I have eternal life now, through Christ's pardon, and 
am with Christ (spiritually, of course) as is every true Christian, 
how is death going to touch that life, and separate me from 
Christ? The great evangelist, Moody, speaking on this subject, 
said: "It is life without end — eternal life, and that can not die. 
Such life can not go into the grave, and can not sleep until the 
resurrection. All the undertakers in the world could not build 
a coffin big enough to bury eternal life." 

Christ's parable of Lazarus the beggar and Dives the rich 
man is proof that the soul is not buried along- with the body in 
the grave. Neither the general resurrection nor the day of judg- 
ment had come, and yet Christ represents the soul of the beggar 
as being in heaven, and that of the rich man in hell — in a place 
of torment. Call it what you please, reader, it will be just as hot. 

It seems that the great Apostle Paul entertained no soul- 
sleeping ideas. Paul said: "For I am in a strait betwixt two, 
having a desire to depart and to be zvith Christ." And we read: 
"If this earthly house is dissolved, I have a building not made 
with hands, eternal in the heavens." 

And now let me close this article with nineteen words from 
the evangelist Moody, who is now in heaven. He said: "This 
idea that death is going to separate us from the Master we want 
to dismiss now and forever." 

Sweet, Sweet Home, the Nursery of Humanity. 

While everybody has heard it said that there is no place 
like home, yet how few have considered what it is that makes home 
so sweet to its members ! 

A careful study of this subject will be profitable to most 
people — profitable because so many erroneously suppose that 
money and the fine things that it will buy would make their homes 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 107 

the happiest places on earth. They imagine that a mansion or 
a commodious house furnished to suit their taste would make their 
homes happy. It is one of the favorite lies of Satan. It is he 
that makes the poor believe that wealth and finely-furnished man- 
sions would make them O so happy! And it is because of this 
monster Satanic lie that men and women struggle so hard for 
property. 

Go into the towns and cities where many people have accumu- 
lated large wealth, and live in fine houses and costly mansions 
extravagantly furnished, and you will find no more joy, no greater 
happiness, than can be found in an equal number of cheap houses 
poorly furnished. 

What, then, is it that makes so many homes the sweetest, 
most attractive places on earth? Ah, it is love, yea, love and 
loyalty (fidelity), and the association of loving ones! 

Go into the finest, most gilded home, and take out one, two, 
or three of its members, and it becomes to the remaining members 
an unattractive, dreary, gloomy, desolate place; so lonely that its 
members do n't care to live there any longer. 

It is love and the association of loved ones that makes every 
"sweet home" And it is love that makes home associations so 
sweet, so precious. 

Suppose that a son or daughter were to travel thousands of 
miles to see and visit relatives, but, on arriving, find that the loved 
ones have gone far off on a long pleasure trip, leaving the fine 
mansion with all its costly furnishings in the care of a servant. 
Would he or she find any pleasure, any joy, in that home? No, 
no; it would be desolate, almost as an open grave. The fine car- 
pets, costly pictures, expensive furniture, etc., would have abso- 
lutely no charms and no entertaining power — no! no! none 
whatever ! 

But suppose that at the moment when the disheartened son 
or daughter was about ready to start away from that desolate 
home, father and mother, or brothers and sisters, should return. 
O ! how changed ! how changed ! In a moment, "in the twinkling 
of an eye," the house, carpets, pictures, furniture, everything has 
become attractive, entertaining, and full of charms. 



108 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

Why? O, because the dear loved ones have returned, and 
are there ! Ah ! clearly, it is love, then, that makes "sweet home" 
the happiest, sweetest place on earth. 

O ! what a mystery is love! "God so loved the world that he 
gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him 
should not perish, but have eternal life." And his Son (Christ) 
so loved even his enemies that he prayed for them while they 
were putting him to death, and asked God to forgive them (for 
murdering him), saying that they knew not what they were doing. 

Love is the only enduring foundation of the "sweet home." 
Pure, moral (uncarnal) love is the foundation of all happiness 
and all that it good. 

All the mansions that all the rich men and millionaires of 
earth can build and furnish would not make one home happy — 
no, no, not one! 

But the mutual, pure, devoted, reciprocal love of the poorest 
men and women on earth can make millions of homes happy — 
yea, millions of "sweet homes." Yea, more! love and fidelity, 
love and loyalty, can make the poor, toiling home a place of 
mental happiness and joy — even a miniature heaven on earth. 

Perceive, all the gold and silver on earth could not make 
one such home — not one heaven-like home — no, not one! But 
love can! 

Perceive (this word perceive means to see mentally), perceive, 
O ye poor! perceive that God, your Creator, is the Friend of 
the poor. This law of love is one of the laws of God, and can not 
be destroyed or overcome by wealth. 

Rejoice, O ye poor! rejoice exceedingly if your hearts be 
pure; yea, though your houses be poor, and their furnishings 
cheap, rejoice, rejoice! 

The Unhappy Home. 

Without sin of some sort, every home would typify 
(resemble) heaven itself. It is because of sin that there are so 
many unhappy^and miserable homes. Disloyalty and sin, either 
of husband or wife, always destroys love, degrades the home. 
The violation of that sacred commandment where God says, 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 109 

"Thou shalt not," etc., and violating the marriage contract, is 
the greatest sin mentioned in the Bible, except sinning* against 
the Holy Ghost, and is absolutely sure to bring God's most 
blighting, withering curse upon every such family. 

Thousands of betrayed and debauched homes are held to- 
gether for a number of years by the parental love of betrayed 
fathers and mothers; the wronged husbands and wives being 
keenly conscious of the destruction of the foundation of their 
homes, and yet choose to endure and suffer anything except 
death to keep the children together and to be with them. All 
this assertion of evil is as true as sacred Scripture, and evidence 
of the diabolical work of Satan on the one hand, and of the mar- 
velous power of parental love and devotion on the other. Yes, 
hundreds of thousands of debauched homes and betrayed parents 
do thus endure and suffer, rather than see their children sepa- 
rated, and then be separated from them; and rather than expose 
them to shameful reproach. 

Respectability is the foundation of respect, and respect is 
the foundation of love. The carnal violation of a marriage con- 
tract destroys all respectability — the foundation for respect; 
wherefore love being deprived of its foundation , has nothing to 
support it, and is destroyed. 

Perceive, then, it is not poverty, but sin, that makes homes 
unhappy, and destroys them. 

There are many thousands of rich men and women, heads of 
homes, who would very gladly exchange their costly, glittering 
mansions for cheap ones, if they could get love and loyalty to boot. 

Husband, wife, better, ten thousand thousand times better, 
sacrifice your right arm, yea, and the left one, too, rather than 
destroy the happiness of your own home, or that of somebody else. 

God himself ordained and established the home. God him- 
self officiated at the first wedding. God himself married Adam 
and Eve. God himself decreed that one man and one woman 
should be the head of each home. God himself decreed that the 
head of the home should be created by marriage of a man and 
woman for life; and that the two should be as one — as God the 
Father and Christ the Son are one. 



no Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

It was a union for life, during which neither the man nor 
the woman could betray the other without bringing a great curse 
upon himself or herself — the penalty being death by stoning, 
stoned to death. Under the law of Christ, our Lord and Savior, 
adultery or fornication is the only crime against the marriage 
contract mean enough to justify the separation of the husband 
and wife. Christ declares that for no other cause shall a divorce 
be given. Thus all the meanness of one against the other does 
not equal the meanness and sin of fornication. 

The Lord placed the guilty woman, brought to him by his 
enemies, under a direct and positive commandment. He said to 
her, "Go thy way and sin no more." Ah! "Sin no more." 

What Christ taught on marriage is remarkably plain, and his 
meaning unmistakable, as stated above. 

According to the correct interpretation of the Bible, both the 
Old Testament and the New, it is woe, woe, woe be to every 
man and every woman who, by disloyalty to husband or wife, 
defiles a home, whether it be his or her own home, or that of 
another family or household. 

The home is designed to resemble a miniature — a small 
heaven, on earth. The following Scripture shows what our homes 
should be like, and declares the exclusion of all violaters of our 
homes from heaven. "And there shall in no wise enter into it 
[heaven] anything that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh 
abomination, or maketh a He." The Bible clearly and unmistakably 
teaches that there is nothing that is more "defiling," nothing 
that works greater "abomination," and nothing that makes 
blacker "lies," than the carnal violation of the marriage contract, 
which is the lawful foundation support of every home. 

A careful, analytical study of the Scriptures having refer- 
ence to marriage obligations and penalties reveals the stubborn 
fact that there is as much hope for Judas Iscariot, who betrayed 
our Lord and Savior, as for the adulterous betrayer of a husband 
or wife; and more, as Judas immediately and sorely repented, 
and would not have repeated his sin; but instead, went and "hanged 
himself." This looks far, far better for Judas, than does the life 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. hi 

of the impenitent "worker of" sneaking, adulterous "abomination" 
in the home. 

The most sacred, God-imposed duty of every husband and 
wife is to maintain and protect at all hazards the love and purity 
of the home. It is a nursery of humanity for earth and for heaven. 

How to Make the Home Better. 

If the home is not so good as it ought to be, it can be 
improved. Love is the best remedy, and costs no money. In fact, 
love can not be bought with money. But it can be obtained with- 
out price. If there is not love enough in the home, proceed to 
command more — the more love the better the home will be. 
And, as real, not feigned, but genuine, respectability is the foun- 
dation of enduring respect; and as respect is the foundation of 
love, proceed to live a purer, higher, nobler life; and, too, as love 
begets love, a more affectionate and more devoted life. Con- 
sidering that marriage is a lawful contract for life, act wisely, and 
not indifferent and independent. Stubborn indifference and 
seeming independence will always make the home and all its 
members more and more unhappy. Be wiser, then, and reform 
thyself; put away self-conceit and stubbornness; remember and 
consider, in a proper spirit, your own unintentional mistakes. 
Discontinue forever every evil that tends to make your home 
unhappy. Search for all the causes that detract from or destroy 
respect and love, and renounce and put away, far away, all such 
things. Carefully avoid all appearance of evil. Build up respect- 
ability, and respect and love will increase in the home. Love feeds 
and grows on respectability and merit; but can be destroyed by 
gross immorality and betrayal as quickly as a wood-chopper can 
destroy the life of a tree. 

The home is a human nursery, and the children the plants. 
The home is the nursery of humanity, from which both earth, 
heaven, and hell are peopled. Earth is the last way-station on 
the route. The successful home nursery of humanity cultivates its 
little ones for heaven. The unsuccessful, debauched home starts 



ii2 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

its little ones on the way to Hades. This is not poetry, but eternal 
truth in prose. Every child that is not receiving a moral education 
based on the teachings of Christ, is being trained for, and started 
on the way to, Hades. 

The heads of many, many homes have buried children from 
their nurseries of humanity. Where are the souls of those chil- 
dren who were old enough to be personally responsible for things 
that they said and did? No doubt the greater number of them 
went to that place for which the home nurseries have prepared 
them! Ah! where are they? The heads of these homes ought to 
have some idea where they are. O ! father, mother, did you train 
their souls when they were young, and easily teachable, for God 
and heaven? If you did faithfully, it is more likely they are now 
in heaven with the Lord Jesus, and joyfuly awaiting the time 
when another, and still another, Christian member of the family 
shall come, up and join the little circle of the redeemed of the loved 
family in a reorganized and glorious and eternal home up there. 

If, father, mother, you love your children, and really wish to 
be associated along with them forever in a home in a world 
without end, called Heaven or New Jerusalem, and described in 
the New Testament Revelations as of vast, vast size, and of great 
beauty, having jasper walls and pearly gates, and streets paved 
with transparent gold, and in which Christ says, "There are many 
mansions," then teach them to believe, without a wicked, skeptical 
doubt, all that Christ taught, and all that is recorded of his death, 
resurrection, and ascension upon into heaven. 

Rapid Disappearance of Our Sweet Homes. 

It makes my spirit sad, O so sad! and my eyes dim with 
tears, as I contemplate that in a few years, only a short time, all 
the "sweet homes" now existing on this earth will have been de- 
stroyed, and millions and millions of dear, loving ones will have 
been buried. 

It is estimated that as many as one dies every second, and 
about eighty-six thousand every day of twenty-four hours. Thus 
thousands of "sweet homes" disappear, blotted out, every day. 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 113 

O ! how sad is my inmost soul, as I think of my own dear, precious 
ones being separated, and the home that they and I have loved, O 
so well ! — so much — will exist only in memory ! O ! sad, sad is 
my heart as I meditate about the millions of homes now bound 
together by love; and how thousands of these homes will be ruth- 
lessly destroyed by the adulterous betrayer and Satanic sin — how 
by sin millions of innocent and loving brothers and sisters will be 
separated and scattered by sneaking foes; and how sickness, pain, 
death, sorrow, and grief will enter every sweet home. When I 
meditate upon the separation and grief of millions of loving 
fathers and mothers from their loved and loving sons and daugh- 
ters, by sin, poverty, sickness, and death, my eyes are more and 
more dimmed. And as I still meditate, the pain, grief, and sorrow 
that will result from the separation of the millions of loving 
brothers and sisters; the deaths and burial of the heads of fam- 
ilies — of the old people, and the disappearance of all the sweet, 
sweet homes of to-day — all this within a period of about forty or 
fifty years, — I brush away the troublesome tears, and my soul asks, 
Have these dear, loving ones met again up yonder, where neither 
sin nor death shall ever again separate them? 

O, blessed, blessed promise, hope, and faith that all the re- 
deemed — all the "pure in heart" — shall surely, surely meet again, 
where neither sin, nor poverty, nor sickness, nor sorrow, nor 
death, can ever again separate the loving ones ! 

Sons and Daughters of the Home. 

Sons and daughters of the home, you '11 soon be separated, 
yea, soon, very soon, you '11 be scattered to the winds; your loved 
and loving parents dead and buried. Death may come and take 
father, mother, brother, or sister, any day or night. Think in- 
telligently about these things, and try hard to make your home 
a "sweet home" in fact. Now is your opportunity — now, before 
the reader, or one or more other members of your home have 
been taken by death, or have gone to meet the difficult and 
burdensome cares and responsibilities of life. 

Help father and mother as best you can. If your father is 

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poor, sympathize with him. It would be impossible to picture 
with pen or pencil the care, mental anxiety, worry, and sleepless 
nights of the poor father who has a family to support and rents 
to pay, making an endless chain of ceaseless wants and impera- 
tive demands — demands that engage his soul, busy and fatigue 
his body and limbs, and tire his brain. He sometimes is almost 
discouraged, and fears that bankruptcy and financial ruin will take 
or destroy his home, and separate and scatter his loved ones. 
The anguish of such thoughts have dethroned reason, and driven 
thousands of loving fathers insane and to suicide. 

If father is poor and struggling manfully according to his 
best judgment, he needs your intelligent, thoughtful sympathy. 
And do not think him stingy because he does not provide more 
for you. I have noticed all along during many years of active 
mercantile life, that more than ninety poor fathers out of one hun- 
dred buy far, far more generously for their sons and daughters 
than they are able to, and have felt some pride in this evidence of 
parental love and generosity of my sex. 

Stay at home as long as there is work for you. Do n't be in 
haste to get away from home. It were better, far better, for the 
sons and daughters to stay at home, and try to find something to do 
to help support it. 

Do n't be anxious to be a clerk, or salesman, or saleswoman 
in a store; no, do n't. The supply of clerks is far, far greater than 
the demand, and the salaries being paid to most clerks in towns 
and cities are not large enough to pay for board and necessary 
clothing; and a large per cent of the girls — young women — do not 
receive wages enough to pay for board and lodging at usual weekly 
rates. These are facts. 

The author and writer of this book is an experienced mer- 
chant, and has employed hundreds of clerks, and has, within a few 
days, made an extensive tour of towns and stores in several States, 
and knows that the above statements are solemn facts. 

And the same is true, or very nearly true, of the wages paid 
in most factories where girls are employed. It is a most serious 
fact to contemplate — that hundreds of thousands of young women 
are working in stores and factories for wages that are too small 



Satan, Hell, and Heaven. 115 

to pay for weekly board; many are boarding with parents or rela- 
tives who are poorly able to support them; but many, many ac- 
cepting improper and degrading support. 

So do not hasten to leave home. Better stay at home, or go 
into the country, than into the overcrowded and awfully wicked 
towns and cities. But wherever you are, have with you the New 
Testament, and be guided by its teachings. 

If you love company and home, accept this last advice, and 
you will never, never be without good company, as there is no 
company better than the New Testament. If you make it a con- 
stant and loved companion — believing all that it teaches of Christ, 
the Son of God, and the Savior of all who really and fully believe 
in him, shun all bad company, and live a prayerful life, you will 
soon have with you God's Holy Spirit to encourage and com- 
fort you. 

Lay hold on Christ's promises and believe without a particle 
of doubt every word, and you will be rich. He says: "Verily, 
verily, I say unto you, he that heareth my word, and believeth 
on him that sent me hath everlasting life, and shall not come into 
condemnation, but is passed from death unto life." Christ who 
makes this promise is the great Judge of all mankind. Take him 
at his word, and see to it that neither Satan nor any of his many 
human agents cause you to let go of your belief and faith. He is 
the Divine Son of God, and the only hope of salvation. 

Do n't let Satan deceive you by causing you to believe that 
you ought to have more feeling. Feeling never did and never 
will save anybody, but belief in Christ, belief that he is the Son 
of God, was put to death on the cross, buried, and rose again on 
the third day from the death, and ascended up into heaven in the 
presence of his disciples. Unless you believe all this, you can not 
be saved at all, as Christ is the only Savior, and will not save any 
person who does not believe him to be the Son of God, and accept 
pardon of sins by him. Study the beautiful, pure, and loving life, 
teaching, and merciful deeds of Christ, as recorded in the New 
Testament. Behold him praying for his enemies while he was in 
the agonies of death. He prayed, "Father, forgive them, for they 
know not what they do." 






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116 Man: Body, Mind, and Soul. 

Accept Christ as your Savior and hold fast to his promises 
of salvation, and you need not fear death; no, no, not in the least. 
The death of the faithful believer who drives all doubts away, as 
the sneaking work of Satan, is only a departure from friends here, 
to be reunited with others in heaven, in the glorious presence of 
the blessed Savior. 

Now, if you love a good, "sweet home," accept and love Christ 
as your own Savior, and you will never, never be without a home. 
When death comes and takes you away from your last earthly 
home, you will go to a finer, sweeter home — to a "mansion," to a 
more glorious home than ever was made by the hands of men, 
and be where Christ is, and be associated with all the redeemed 
of your earthly home, forever! 

Now don't, O don't let Satan nor his skeptical agents 
make you believe that this is speculation or imagination; it is not. 
The Christian's belief in a glorious and everlasting home in heaven 
is fully justified by Christ's teachings — the highest authority on 
earth, and equal to any in heaven. 



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